I think you are right on with him quitting if it got that bad. The only question I have is, was our search really that bad that bill snyder was number 2 on our list? It was Gary Patterson, and then Bill??? No way, what made them say screw it we can go with Bill?
If you are K-State, and you fire a head coach midway through his 3rd season, nobody worthwhile is going to even listen to you. Particularly if you have a retarded fanbase as we do. Be realistic. Ron Prince's record in three years, is pretty much exactly what Gary Patterson's was going to be for his first three years. So w(hy)tf would he, or anybody, take a job that they weren't even going to get three years to build?
The only people stupider than our administration is our fanbase. As evidenced by the last two weeks of: "oh Terry Bowden! oohh Tommy Tuberville! oohh Gary Patterson!" none of those people were ever an option.