TobaccoRoadEagle {l Wrote}:it's an educated guess piece. bates had a 5 year contract that ends next year and has not had any renewals during the 4 years of his tenure. i don't see last year getting anyone clamoring to extend it (unless gdf had a say in the matter).
not to go all intern-cut-and-paste on this, but does anyone think the school would replace buttcut with anyone that's worth a shit or will it just be more of the aww shucks same?
Bates put himself in the crosshairs more for his lack of fund-raising than his coaches sucking ass. That said, often the two go hand-in-hand. His true failure is talking about improving facilities but not having the wherewithal to deliver the money necessary. GDF with all his considerable faults had a few donors on which he could call upon for a check.
As for his replacement, there is a strong likelihood that BC will do what they always do under Leahy... scour the country to incredibly find someone even worse.
Two possible exceptions...
(1) Since their focus will be on fundraising, I think an alum (especially a former athlete) will play strongly. Generally, we could do a lot worse than getting a BC guy in that role.
(2) Since the BOT have been publicly embarassed and is taking on a more active role in the oversight of athletics (i.e. removing it from exclusive authority of the President), there is a puncher's chance they wind up hiring someone who can hire a coach.