With respect to this willful and coarse personnel change, Kanazane was recorded as saying 'We have to say this personnel appointment is crazy. It is a pity.' (Article for the same day in "Gyokuyo").
この強引かつ露骨な人事を、兼実は「任人の体、殆ど物狂と謂ふべし。悲しむべし、悲しむべし」と記している（『玉葉』同日条）。