My comments from a thread on this subject in the premium board. I stand by this even more now than before.
I was answering the question: would firing Braun now be worse for the program?
It may, or it may not. It depends on the reasons given for letting her go. There are things that can come up that would make a move like that look good for the university and actually end up as a positive. I am not necessarily suggesting those things actually exist right now, just that there are those things in life and the working world.
Remember she is not Mone's hire in the end, and there was a period of time before he was even at Milwaukee that AB was still running things. Who knows what he could use in that period to justify a move? The "it has only now come to my attention" card without even being the least bit colorful with the truth. If the players and others keep up the pressure, his hand may be forced in this, too.
There are some other actions being taken quietly that I know of that may also open entirely new cans of worms where AB is concerned.
Even if she is not let go, it appears to me at least that she is not "in charge" anymore, either.
This is probably the most pivotal and critical hire of her entire career. She started a full on dumpster fire with the move to fire RJ when she did and the way she did. The successor was her first major hire as an AD, and will be used as the measuring stick of her abilities as an AD.
And she wasn't allowed to make it.
If I were her, I would be very nervous about my position right now, and would already be looking for other opportunities.
One other thing. I think Vall was very sincere about "doing the right thing" and "doing it the right way", which may put him in the odd position of opposing the woman that people think just hired him. I feel bad for him if that becomes the case.