Unfortunately, the two most likely answers to that are no less disconcerting. 

 

1. They weren't seriously considering Marrone and he surpassed their expectations in his 2 week audition. In which case they also have no clue if the team's response was real or if it was the interim spike, and they are gambling the future of the franchise on the only option they could have passed through an in depth filter. 

 

2. Their preferred candidates are not showing nearly as much interest in the job as they hoped, and Marrone was the distant fallback option that they are now having to resort to. 

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