If the Nats don't even call Joe, they will truly be viewed as the most hopeless owners/people on the planet.
Now, it is certainly possible that Joe says 'no' right now, hoping for a vacation....
or he says 'yes', but the Silas Marner, er, the Lerners offer him minimum wage (for the position) and then he says 'no.'
But they should try, at the very least.
And then yes, the Yanks go on to hire Dusty!