Doc is trying to have his cake and eat it too. Simmons even previously said he understood why Doc left, he is just tired of Doc posturing and trying to have Boston think he's the good guy. And then getting in a feud with Simmons is about as dumb as dumb can get.
While I'm not trying to make Stephen A. Smith to be Bob Ryan, Stephen said that Rivers was interested in the Clipper job IN MAY. So Doc trying to act like this came out of the blue and that Boston wanted to get rid of him is ridiculous.