I actually feel bad for Mickey in that he was dealt a crotchety stubborn old OC who was flat out wrong about the Purdy vs Smothers thing. And Mickey was not strong enough to override him.
In the end, those are the calls you have to make as a HC. But not an easy hand to be dealt with when you got a 65 yr old OC in DGAF mode. Smothers was the right call here, not Purdy. That weakness from Mickey cost him 2 potential wins.