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From what I can gather, the AD began an investigation of the softball program after a parent of a player sent an email notifying the AD of common complaints by the players.

This isn't an out-of-the-blue thing. It was prompted by the players themselves. They don't like the direction it's headed, that's fine, but they started it.

It's not like the AD could have ignored it, either. Then you run the risk of ending up on ESPN Between the Lines again, this time for ignoring abuses inside a program.

I'm not a huge Rhoades fan - his decisions to sit pat on both Jamieson and Kermit Anderson are frustrating as hell. But I don't view the football hire as a botched hire. He wanted Herman, Fuente or Odom. Herman took a while to say, for sure, no, so he stalled for time by interviewing guys who were never real candidates.

He tried to hire a new basketball coach this spring and couldn't get a guy he thought was an obvious, instant upgrade to say yes. I would fire Kermit tomorrow and hire COMOChief as the new Mizzou hoops coach and be confident it wouldn't get worse... But I also don't have to deal with keeping boosters happy...

And the uproar from firing "their" guy after just two years and replacing him with someone who isn't a splash hire would be fairly significant.

I would still pull the plug and try to start over (and count on not being an embarrassing shit show of a program to bring people back faster than giving a "fair shake" to a completely unqualified guy). But that, as I understand, is why something didn't happen this year.

If he botches the hoops hire next year, the optimism I had will be gone. But this thing is not close to enough to do it.


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