Dan Hurley might be the actual protest vote. The doomsayers could have a point this time.
For the past few years, the doomsayers have viewed various major coaching changes as a sign of The End Times in college athletics. The tumultuous state of things—namely NIL and transfer chaos—was driving great minds away, they said.
But there likely were more simple explanations, like age or job security. Mike Krzyzewski, Nick Saban, Roy Williams, Jim Boeheim and Tara VanDerveer all were in their 70s upon retirement. Even Jay Wright had rolled the odometer over to 60. Chip Kelly leaving the UCLA Bruins to become an assistant with the Ohio State Buckeyes or Jeff Hafley bolting from the Boston College Eagles for a coordinator position in the NFL could be considered beat-the-posse moves. Jim Harbaugh, who already had great success in the NFL, was beating a different kind of posse back to the pros.
