Anytime an athletic director offers a vote of confidence for a coach whose job is in jeopardy usually means one thing: the coach is about to get fired.
When an athletic director is given the chance to offer a vote of confidence and falls way short, it means that a firing is even more imminent.
Just ask Ralph Friedgen, who was given one by Maryland athletic director Kevin Anderson toward the end of the 2010 season, a few weeks before the popular football coach was let go after leading the Terps to a 9-4 record and being recognized as ACC Coach of the Year.