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Message: [QUOTE="Dogdeacon, post: 2530024, member: 1026"] Bizarre analogy, I'd be entertained to read the case study where New Coke is analogous to coaching decisions in college basketball at a state school. Is UConn planning to sell the basketball team soon? Go public? What is the PE ratio? The so-called 'business major' reality is look at measurables, record, postseason success, earnings, player retention, recruiting class rank, ticket sales etc. over Ollie's tenure. There are downward trends (obv some attributable to conference, but can't change that on own); does that mean changes lose or create value?! [rhetorical] The only relevant 'business major' aspect to this decision is the buyout costs and if they have the money or not. I find speculation & discussion on that point tiresome & pointless. Its binary, either they have it or they don't and we won't know until they do it or don't. And no one is going public with this info. We won't hear; "Well we can't afford to pay the buyout so we are keeping the coach" nor "please increase your alumni contributions this year we have a 10M fundraising goal to pay the costs of terminating a bad contract we made and overpaying to make sure we undo the damage that has caused". P.S. Isn't Ollie 'New Coke' & Calhoun 'Coca Cola Classic' ;) [/QUOTE]