To everyone wishing this issue would just go away, feel free to read another thread. I, personally, will not let this issue die.

And that is not just because I want to say "I told you so." Honestly, if the new coaches come in next year and wow us (let's say upset a big conference opponent and get to the conference championship), then I will start the thread that says I was wrong about AD Huge. I would LOVE to eat my hat on this issue.

But, until then, I think we have to hold the AD and administration accountable for paying an extra $1.7 million to hire what seems to be a weaker coaching staff. I am not going to be quiet just so others can feel better and sing Hark Upon the Gale. Because if we don't hold the administration accountable now, then we will get the same mistake after the Fischer era ends.

Had Shaver gotten the chance to coach this team next year and disappointed again, the firing next year would have been more defensible (and would have saved us at least a third of the $1.7 million). I am not trying to "have it both ways." I don't know if I'd still agree with firing Shaver. It would depend on the body of work next year. But, it would be more defensible if he had been given that chance.

In my opinion, Huge came here with a Texas A&M mindset and just did not appreciate the history of W&M basketball and its unique position in the CAA.

And I hope I am wrong about everything I just wrote.

At the end of the day, I am just a fan with an opinion speaking out of fear that the program is now set back a decade or more (and we paid $1.7 million to do so). And AD Huge is the expert chosen by the College to do the right thing, so I respect the College's decision to make that hire.

AD Huge was hired to make hard decisions, and I promise to give her all the praise she deserves when those decisions bear fruit (or even when she makes understandable decisions that don't bear fruit). But, on this inexplicable decision, I will keep track of the results until I am proven wrong.

I look forward to my mea culpa.