I like Pat and have spoken with him a few times. He has done a tremendous job fundraising and he is cutting a lot of deadweight in the AD. However, making new hires doesn't mean they're good hires. That will take a few years to take shape. A lot of them do look good on paper and softball and gymnastics had some nice success last year (but success by RU standards...not actual success)
Pike is clearly building. Basketball is trending up but that's because it was so beaten down before. We haven't been above .500 yet, so let's pump the brakes.
As for football, Hobbs hire has lost us roughly 15m in ticket sales over a 4 year period. We went from 31k season tickets to roughly 15k this season. If he has to fire that guy, that will cost another 7.5m, on top of what we paid the HC to be horrible, on top of the bleeding season ticket revenue. It's very easy to say Hobbs has cost football alone about 20-30m in lost revenue, THAT is not good. On top of it, his football knowledge is limited, which scares me to correct the mistake he made from "his best interview ever".
I think he will get a chance to hire another football coach, but I also see a believable scenario where he gets thrown right out along with Ash. 10-38 in 4 years. 30M in lost revenue. All very realistic numbers that can be used by December for reasons not to keep Pat by a school President.