It has been repeated enough in circles either the past few months that due to the massive financial losses suffered by schools and the resulting bad optics, that it was simply accepted as fact that we would have a slower than normal coaching carousel.
Fewer firings. Fewer buyouts. Fewer moves as programs bided their time and stayed home from the market.
What has transpired, following a fascinating Week 15 of this slog to the finish line in 2020, is actually not that at all. Schools perceived to not have the funds have been ponying up. Those 10-figure buyouts have in fact gotten paid out.