I had reached the point where I was ready to seem him go, mainly based on his abysmal conference record.

But I also felt like that the team personnel, in terms of experience and depth, was such that Crowton would have a decent chance to right the ship and that bringing in a new HC and staff would set things back a bit.

I also defended him against the same kind of attacks he became subject to that we see now against Bronco. So everybody thought I was an apologist, even though I wasn't.