Grow up? Yeah they do, the whole ****ing organization. Here is the deal with this bullshit, you now have publicly said (or not said whatever you choose to believe) and are handcuffed to some asshole who presumably allowed his agent (or even his verbal agreement) to influence the organizations ability to hire a candidate.
Every single person who interviewed now knows they are second fiddle to Fangio, you don't think that effects their decision on where they want to take a position?
People acting like this is no big deal aren't very versed at running a business, at least it isn't the way I run mine or the way anyone I know runs theirs. If Sean Desai takes a job with another organization a lot of assholes are going to pucker.