Perhaps, wait a couple days to give JB one final opportunity to 'retire' and offer support for Red.
Perhaps have some comment about how a university consultant / ambassador opportunity is waiting for him, should he choose to take it?
Perhaps understand that JB was not going to say whatever he wanted him to say in that last Wake presser, let him have 1 last pouty, confusing moment, let things settle for a few days, and setup a Friday presser where Red is announced and maybe his staff is announced and give JB the opportunity to say goodbye.
It seems like he was agitated by JBs confusing comments in the presser and went alpha on him. JB was gone as early as last week, so perhaps Wildhack felt damage control was necessary?
However, JB is the one who won us an NC, not some AD, and deserves some understanding as he struggles to cope with the end of his career.
Curious how Crouthamel would have handled it. Maybe he would have forced JB out for Hop, who knows?