I've been wondering this for a few weeks, but it's starting to look a little more obvious now. I doubt he was really looking during the season. A few calls maybe sure...but it wasn't planned by Scott. I don't buy that at all. The media either assumes he had something in place, or they cover for Scotty boy. Wouldn't surprise me a bit if they're covering for him.
Administration had to do something to keep their boy in place....so firing the offensive staff with a few games left was it. There had to be a sacrificial lamb. Had the administration let it play out after OSU...they knew 3-9 was possible. It would of got LOUD those last two weeks. Super hard to justify 3-9, so they got ahead of it. Can you imagine if no announcement would have been made until the end of the season? (the day after the Cockeyes game) Imagine the post game reaction after that meltdown! lol. But hey, good job administration....they really got the program moving in the right direction...