Would add to this, the recruiting was allegedly already down the tubes, with the Ewers situation, so I don’t think there was any reason to wait until after signing day. If there had been decommits,, guess what there is the portal, so there is the makeup opportunity. There was no reason to keep Tom one minute past the last regular season game.
Put another way. When was the last time there was anybody of any consequence in Tom’s corner? I would hazard a guess it was the day of the OU game, before the eyes incident.
And CDC let the dead man walking continue to walk all of the way through the bowl game.
This AD gets an F for that portion of the project. He knew what was coming, what had to be done, and failed to execute the correct manuever in a timely manner. If I were on the board, I would say no more extensions or raises for CDC unless/until all three big men’s sports are top ten, and we feel good about the leadership of the three sports.