New report on Mariners’ Jason Kanzler process upends the inexperience narrative

Jerry Dipoto never made any promises that players would be involved in the Seattle Mariners' search for a new manager. Heck, he referred to the idea as "a danger zone" in October. Somewhere along the way, though, he apparently changed his mind.

According to a Monday report from Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, Mariners players were indeed involved in the final stages of the process that led to the hiring of Jason Kanzler as the club's new skipper last week. These were, unsurprisingly, "veterans who are considered clubhouse leaders."

The report does not clarify who these players were. And while we're discussing what's not in the report, there's no explicit confirmation that the veterans who were…