This is what Scott Woodward wanted.
This isn’t to say that Woodward was wrong from moving on from Will Wade, especially if the NCAA was basically making him choose between Wade or LSU football. But while Scott Woodward had to do this I’d also contend he wanted to do this and the recent NOA against Wade was the opening he’d been looking for since getting to Baton Rouge. Never mind the fact that Woodward doesn’t owe Wade a cent.
Woodward didn’t hire Will Wade, he inherited Wade after he was reinstated. And just as every GM for professional teams have the right to hire their coaches and pick their players, athletic directors are allowed that same sort of reign over the university the preside over.