Fu might have stood firm knowing Whit couldn't can him without the $$$ and being able to make the boosters happy by granting them other conditions in exchange for their $$$ (guaranteeing that he gets another big splash replacement hire for example).

One way or another, stay or go, we've guaranteed that Fu is looking for the right "out" and we won't have the cash for a good replacement, and sour taste in everyone's mouth that will make it harder to draw another top candidate. If you were a top coach, would you come here with the disadvantage of trying to recruit to a po-dunk mountain town, an administration that won't pony up the money for more support on par with peer programs, and a budget overall that's not on par with peer programs? Add in the current drama?

What top coach candidate would sign up for that now? We have a lot more to clean up besides the coach before we'll see the program go where we all want it to go. Makes what Beamer did during the best part of his run all the more remarkable.