[D-Roc]

I think he hired it, so you're probably right in that it may have come with a few deckhands - although considering Kevin Johnson was recruited and Naomi did the checklist, it would seem that some thought at least went into the kind of person who was hired. I say this with Naomi and Abbadon's and Widmore's connection in mind.

I guess Abbadon was the main recruiter - Widmore's right hand man, as it were? ..and in turn he delegated the final part of that job to Naomi?

I still don't get Widmore though - it's almost as if he 'has' to leave certain things down to chance in order for this to work (or TPTB have cut corners!).