YOU think that they SWAMPED the rig , because they were spraying WATER on it. I guess it would have been better to just LET IT BURN, no matter how many WORKERS it killed, because you think the RIG would be STABLE and capable of supporting the 5000' of HEAVY PIPE/CORDS/CABLES/FLOATS. Now, since you would have to put a NEW DRILLING RIG OVER the TOP of the 'PIPE', if we leave the BURNED TO THE WATERLINE RIG there to hold it up, we would have to AIRLIFT the NEW RIG and HOVER it just above the OLD ONE. Do you have some HELICOPTERS big enough to lift and hold a DRILLING RIG SHIP?Besides, the water SPRAYED onto the rig was not what sunk it.
I gotta say, of all the ideas/rumors I have read, yours is among the top 10 of the craziest and totally improbable.
Believe it or not that is probably why it sank. The fire itself may bnot have sunk it. Improper firefighting can easily sink a ship. Water is ineffective on open fires of that type. It can be used in enclosed areas in some conditions.
When I read your post out loud, do I shout the capitalized words?