Could also be Devaney was first choice all along but they haven’t been able to agree terms yet. Seems people are assuming if he was offered he would just accept blindly.
Remember when Flicker was third or fourth choice, after the over rated O'Dismal and Butcher both turned us down. He did amazing that season to keep us up, but then sadly he well and truly lost the plot after that!. And as for those other two, they were both sacked within a year, at the clubs they did choose to join (Brizzle City & Hibernian).