The extension was sheer effing stupidity but dumbo had to go.
He wasn't going to change the one thing holding the program back, and that was his program management. In fact, he would have kept Addazzio and ran the O the same way (Petrino has to use dumbo playbook and dumbo can override anytime he wants) if he came back. He wasn't going to get a ST coach. He basically told his bosses as much.
The extension gave him no real incentive to really change, and besides the cost, that is how it really hurt the program.
He wasn't going to change the one thing holding the program back, and that was his program management. In fact, he would have kept Addazzio and ran the O the same way (Petrino has to use dumbo playbook and dumbo can override anytime he wants) if he came back. He wasn't going to get a ST coach. He basically told his bosses as much.
The extension gave him no real incentive to really change, and besides the cost, that is how it really hurt the program.