Coulda been arranged by both parties, MS. Carroll was still rolling (high & wide) with his act, but it had become not stale, but patently ineffective. One could imagine watching him labor as always that it was working, still. But the results were simply not there. But both obviously good people---ownership & him found a way for dignity to prevail all around.
I will miss him for the simple fact that he dominated the Arizona Cardinals regardless of overall record. I could always count on him twice a season. Now he's gone and I'm once & again vulnerable the same "twice a season."