“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” Edumnd Burke
“You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colin." Need I say more?” - Chris Rock
Of course there was an option. WHY would any sane person hold an assistant coach responsible? Or a former player? I can see why they tried to distance themselves, in theory, but it wasn't necessary. They have quite a crop of coaches that worked there for quite some time, and a few of them had the experience to become the new coach.
“You know the world is going crazy when the best rapper is a white guy, the best golfer is a black guy, the tallest guy in the NBA is Chinese, the Swiss hold the America's Cup, France is accusing the U.S. of arrogance, Germany doesn't want to go to war, and the three most powerful men in America are named "Bush", "Dick", and "Colin." Need I say more?” - Chris Rock
The new guy HAD to be able to say I have no connection to Sandusky. Fair or not anyone remotely associated with that guy would have been ripe for negative recruiting, among other things.
Now the school can say " we are distancing ourselves from anyone associated with that guy."
If this guy doesn't work out, then the next time they go in house.
Besides , in house isn't always the best. Look at Arkansas, we went and got a coach that probably had never even been to the state of Arkansas before, let alone had any association with our program, we seem to be okay.
“When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle.” Edumnd Burke