That's why I was puzzled by them giving Holly the extension. Now they will have to pay for that if she is fired.
It's the nature of the beast nowadays in athletics. Failure to extend a coach hurts recruiting, and recruiting is the life's blood of any college athletic program. The agents have a big leverage advantage over the colleges at this point, unfortunately.
And the source of the leverage is that fans are willing to donate and pay a lot. If not for the increase in fan spending, the large salaries and ridiculous buyouts would not be possible.