And I refer you to duck season 2007-08.
Yeah that's not the same thing here. First off, he took other coaches with him to go Duck Hunting. Secondly, his name would conveniantly be mentioned for nearly every open HCing position during this time (he's not around to discuss the rumors, causing the President and AD, along with TPTB to come up with more money to keep him) and the negative recruiting tool would be used by every Coach (the uncertainty of the program). Third, CTT wasn't doing anything for the betterment (word?) of the program. Fourth, he along with other coaches (who could've been utilizing the time to contact recruits) were out of reach in the woods. Remember the Arkansas News Station reporting that CTT was going to be announced as the new HC and CTT couldn't be reached for comment until a day or two later? Those few days almost destroyed our recruiting class.