Barring a hypothesis such as a "million-dollar" NIL payroll as put forth by Bust, I'm a afraid the fan base is going to go into full rebellion against a Marshall legend.
Not getting back on D and blowing a won game against the SD State Jacks was the final straw with Tom "Cloud of Negativity" Herrion and it just snow-balled from there. Hopefully Dan take some reasonable advice and say, "It's just time.".