I do kind of worry that Brad has grown attachments with players, having worked every single day with them, which will make it more difficult for him to make tough personnel decisions. A GM kind of needs to be ruthless.I cannot imagine Brad being DoBO makes it more likely Brown gets traded. I think if anything it makes it less likely we see a big trade.
Some people went back and noted that Brad's extension announcement talked about "keeping him in the organization for years to come" which is actually a weird way to phrase keeping a coach, but makes a lot of sense if it's with the understanding that at some point (now maybe it moved up a year or two after this year's struggles) you plan to shift him to DoBO