The way NZ Cricket treated him during the ICC showcase in New Zealand and Australia over the tickets is abysmal and will draw public sympathy.
That sort of carry on is what you would expect from a bunch of cyber-bullying teenagers.
But where there's smoke, there's fire so it doesn't come as a surprise that, reportedly, the proposal tabled to him included a pay cut, a drastic squeeze in time to accomplish his assignments and a demotion to assistant selector.
Frankly it's a Doc Marten steel-capped kick in the chops. Cut the frilly crap out and it is exposed for what it is - Edgar simply was forced to walk the gangplank.
Look at NZ Cricket's prism from any elevation, the angle of the light of refraction on Edgar's input in the Black Caps' success suddenly seems to have become exceedingly acute.
Put bluntly, the inference can be coach Mike Hesson is omnipotent in his selection and all Edgar was doing was riding on his coattails to pick up a hefty pay cheque.
The evolution of a "talent identification manager", at the behest of a high-performance subcommittee, seems to have added to his marginalisation.
In industrial relations parlance, it simply reinforces the theory that Edgar wasn't pivotal in the renaissance of New Zealand cricket and, therefore, his position becomes redundant.
Hey nothing personal, mate.
Some will argue there's no such thing as a "nice way" of breaking the news to the affected parties.
Conversely one has to beg the question: "How sound were the platforms of progress leading up to the World Cup?"
Does Edgar's perceived sense of ineffectiveness as a selector make NZ Cricket head honchos equally culpable by default in appointing him in the first place?
The silence from chief executive David White and head of cricket Lindsay Crocker is deafening.
But then you come to expect that from a code that desperately needs to revisit its people-skills record.
That aspect of the regime was badly exposed in the way former coaches John Wright and Andy Moles as well as former captain Ross Taylor were handled.
It remains a cause for concern at a time when the country got behind the Black Caps' etiquette despite their unceremonious exit in the World Cup final against Australia.
The Kiwi administration's protocol seems as abrasive as the Ockers' lack of humility in the face of win-at-all-cost mentality.
Former international and national bowling coach Shane Bond's disenchantment with the way he was treated is well documented as well as his letter chastising NZ Cricket following the Taylorgate aftermath.
It's a given that NZ Cricket cannot compete with the likes of Bond and even Hesson choosing life and more money with the IPL than having to be put through the national spin-dry cycle.
As Edgar eloquently put it before going with his head rather than his heart, it's a matter of principle.
NZ Cricket must take heed. It mustn't end up like Bridgestone in its US debacle of 2000 when it withdrew 6.5 million tyres in the face of overwhelming evidence two years earlier.
The admission that everything wasn't hunky dory came at the cost of 200 deaths and 700 injuries.
