re: Les to hold 'special meeting' with players this afternoon

No way he flat out retires. That means he would be walking away from the rest of his contract. There has to be a settlement in the works to where both sides are satisfied as much as possible. I, too, hate to see CLM outright fired, as he's done a lot for this program & has earned the respect of all his peers. What I see eventually happening for him down the road, re his legacy, is what has happened with Daddy Dale. He was practically run out of the program he built & was universally disliked by the fans, but as the years have gone by, the respect for what he did is finally coming out & he's now a fan favorite. But reducing CLM to a lame duck HC through next year will hurt recruiting & not do much for all his assistants who will know that they are out of work after one more yr.