you literally said he deserved praise for sacking him quickly, the only one trying to twist things that were said is you.
Its was reported at the time the hire was driven by Rudkin, even if it wasn't Top who fired him, though reports say it was, sacking a manager you picked after 12 games is not praise worthy its just correcting a monumental **** up, in most companies an exec who did that would be facing the sack themselves for that sort of thing