No - I think you have your years mixed up. Dan Quinn was appointed by the Falcons in 2015. Adam Gase was appointed by the Dolphins in 2016.
The guys that made the final list of interviews against Gase included Mike Shanahan, Mike Smith, Terrel Austin the former Detroit Defensive Coordinator. Gase was the unanimous choice of Ross and his key people (incl Garfinkel, Higgins, Tannenbaum and Grier).
Kind of. Ross had basically been asking everybody about Gase ever since we fired Philbin. Tannenbaum supported hiring Doug Marrone but was fine with Gase