April 25, 2012 -“It’s absolutely wrong that I don’t want guys to challenge me. And the people who say that aren’t in the room. “That people can’t do that is just wrong. Curtis (Polk, team vice chairman) has worked with me for over 20 years and he’s never had a problem telling me, ‘no.’ Rod has no problem telling me no. Fred (Whitfield, team president) has no problem telling me ‘no.’ And Rich (Cho, the team’s general manager) is about as direct and candid a person as you’ll ever meet.’’ Jordan added of Brown, “He had a lot of input on whatever we did. I never sidestepped him in making a decision.”