Rather than letting the readers infer what Jerryd meant by the “those other guys”, Quick “led” us to believe he meant Blake and Miller. Generally, inserting something in parentheses within a direct quote is only done when the author KNOWS what was meant, and is using the parentheses to clarify what is often lost when transcribing a verbal quote to text. If the write doesn’t KNOW what was meant, he shouldn’t be inserting what he thinks was meant into the quote, but rather If the writer feels the need to interject their opinion as to the the meaning of the quote, they should do so in a way that is unambiguously shown to be the writer’s opinion, and not that of the person being quoted.

So, I think it is on Quick. I don’t think he did it intentially. He made an assumption that was wrong. Instead of assuming, he should have asked Jerryd for clarification on who he was talking about.