He was pissed about Howie sacking Tom Gamble, but if there was a power struggle, it would seem Laurie declared Chip the winner... Howie's been "promoted" and given more money, but Chip has been given power to run personnel... which means if he wanted to, he could rehire Gamble as GM
Basically Laurie has always found guys who are cap wizards, he can find another if he has too, but he is declaring this is Chip's operation.
Howie made run at ultimate power, and he lost. Chip is now going to hand pick his GM, and this team will be built by them, not Howie