Suggesting that these candidates would have listened does not mean that they were all in line to be the DC. Bennett listened and turned it down. Hubbs mentioned that he heard these names earlier in the week, therefore he took an easy way out. He says "Dooley chose not to pursue them"....This to me means that "I kinda heard this name but could not find anything else to back it up." He tries to create closure with these candidates so that no one loads him up with questions about them. I would not believe that these guys were realistic for a second.