Over at ESPN, there is video of the BBTN segment on the firing with this article.
Gammons laments Buck's firing, saying he thought it was possible but that it wouldn't ultimately happen, and talks about how Buck wants things done "right," and how he's gotten the Rangers on the right track.
Ravich says, in that video, that Buster Olney says that several prominent players, via their agents, let management know that they weren't interested in being back with Texas in 2007 if Buck was back.