As to who ran thangs ... why *now* that doesn't matter -- what does matter is that some trademarked persona of Chief Moose is being made into an idol of sorts.
But during the hunt it did matter. And you don't know who ran the show. Admit it! Admit that you just don't know. It's a guess on your part -- a guess subject to all the shoot-from-the-hip reactionary bias and overly generalized prejudice the Howlin-Catspaw Axis of PC-ism can muster.
That Mooose either ran the whole show, major parts of the show, or had a major contribution seems clear. Why? Because we all know that Ashcroft is willing to turn thangs over to the states -- he just showed that. We also know -- because we haven't *ignored* these thangs -- that such reverse racism is part of the Moose MO. The pieces fit far better -- all the known pieces -- to a theory that Moose did indeed direct significant aspects of the hunt. That's my guess, and it's a better guess than yours. Better because it ain't made with the ignorance and bias of PC-ism, the blinders and prejudices, your guess is subject to.
Looks like you don't know who ran the show either. If you did, you'd be making a definitive statement. You can't.