You can't have jetgate without him.
Interviewing for a position that is not open by your previous employer when you already have a job?
You gotta treat the shit like a relationship. If they will do it for you then they will do it to you.
Bad form any way you cut it.
He is ABSOLUTELY at fault for jetgate. It's not like Housel, et. al. just popped in all "Surprise!!". He knew they were coming, and did not tell them to stay the hell away unless they went through proper channels. He fucked his old boss Tubby, and his current boss Louisville, without so much as a concern for anything other than himself. He is a narcissistic self-centered (is that redundant? Whatever, still true)asshole.
PLUS the way he actually left Louisville for the Falcons - signed a contract extension with LVL and then less than a month later took the ATL job. Then left the Falcons before the end of the season (!!) to take the Arky job. He did not get the name Suitcase for nothing, folks.
Who's to say he won't hang out at AU long enough to redeem himself and then bolt for the Turds when Saban finally strokes out on the sideline? If it seems like it's in BMFP's best interests, then that's what he does. He looks out for himself.
ESPECIALLY if the AUPTB try and use the whole "You owe us for giving you a second chance" thing and beat him to death with it. It's not like our PTB are real good at staying the fuck out of the AD and the football program.
Fucking the help is a bad thing - but like the Lawyer that cares about your Taxes said - he broke numerous state laws in hiring an unqualified candidate for improper reasons and having an improper relationship with another state employee as well... It was not just a personal matter between him and the Missus - that shit happens. What he did is egregious.