Cubit was a cheap option.
WE PAID MIKE THOMAS $2.5 MILLION TO GO AWAY FOR NO REASON.
Other than the fact that it's totally wrong and misguided, the HERP DERP ILLINOIZ IS CHEAP explanation makes me mad because it is ultimately forgiving of people who should not and cannot be forgiven. This was done because the people who made this decision were willfully ignorant of how college football works. Period, end of story. Every other option was available to them, they were appraised of the consequences of all of them, and they chose the worst possible one out of pure arrogance and stupidity.