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[QUOTE="RF2044, post: 5283338, member: 40"]
Oh, I agree that JB abused his station, hung on too long, made things as uncomfortable as possible, hung on to the bitter end, and refused to let go.

Then guess what happened?  After losing his final game, in the first round of the ACCT, he declared in the press conference that he and only he would decide when he would step down.  And Wildhack relieved him of duty the next day.

Out of respect / deference, Wildhack allowed JB to stick around much longer than performance warranted.  But the notion that it wasn't Wildhack's decision to make is false.  In fact, JW had to finally intervene to put a stop to the shiz show.

Along those same lines, it is false to claim that JW couldn't have gone a different path with the hire.  Was it the path of least resistance?  Absolutely.  But that was a choice the AD made, versus a choice that might have been a little more difficult short term, with a bigger payoff / better outcome long term.  Instead, he chose to avoid that pain rather than rip the bandaid off when it was time to do so -- when he had just removed JB from the head coaching role.  It was a half step, and it was dumb not to take the next step.

For the record, JB wanted GMac to get the job more than Red, no matter what he said at Autry's introductory press conference, so no -- I don't believe that JB had full control over the situation.  I think he misused his power for a long time, though -- which is how we got into this mess in the first place.
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