Good grief, Dan is gone. Dan was a golf partner and friend. He was a good hire that lost his fire here in LB. Sparky captured this perfectly above. Losing Vic Couch was hugely hurtful. Actually, if Braswell would have stuck around that might have helped Dan survive. I don't think, in his heart, Dan is a basketball guy. He did know how to run a program. EWU is a good fit for Dan at this time in his life.

Acker, on the other hand, neither knows how to run a program or coach the game. Many of his in-game decisions are horrific. The players don't like him. Simply, he has been a terrible hire. No one to blame but the AD. And, no, pining for coach Dan is ridiculous. Sorry he left on bad terms. That's an AD thing too.