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[QUOTE="Scooch, post: 1561793, member: 628"]
I'm no AD, but these are rather easily answered questions, right?

1 - It's actually a professional thing to do.  It allows the staff to get started on finding their next job.  It allows Shafer to have one last week with his team for closure.  It lets the team try and win a last game for their coach.  It lets the fans give him an appropriately positive send off for his effort.  It allows Coyle to conduct a search in the light of day instead of in the shadows.  It's almost entirely positive, really.

2 - Why wouldn't Coyle be confident that the next coach will be better?  That's the entire point of moving on.  Do you think he's just being spiteful because Shafer is 3-8, but that he believes the next coach will somehow be worse?  How would that make any sense?

3 - See #2.  Coyle strikes me as a smart professional who had direct experience being a key part of, and then leading, the AD at a school with distinct facilities and recruiting disadvantages.  Do you think he might have been asked about his "plan" when he was vetted by the BOT and Chancellor before he was ultimately hired?  Why do you think he doesn't have a plan?  It's, like, his job.
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