My take on Holmes is that we can't assume anything. He knew the situation then when he arrived and exceptionally executed a sound strategy to get us where we are now. Two totally different situations and he will execute them independently, without any connections.
He full on knows where this team is NOW and that nothing is certain for the future, he also trusts Campbell and Glenn and I think its a "group decision".
My opinion is if a premier guy (Crosby, Garrett) means giving up 2 firsts he won't do it...unless he thinks its worth it. HA!
I love this speculation though, since it means we are 'this close' to the Super Bowl. Think about how this would be playing out in a SOL scenario.