It was Krause that told Fitz about Patterson agreeing to be the coach, but I wouldn't quantify that as him blabbing about it. Gary agreed to be the coach and the AD told the media. To add to the drama of this it was the Vaniers who were the money behind Powercat Illustrated, Fitz needed permission to print that.
I know it was and remains the thing to do to blame Fitz for Gary backing out, but the fact was Gary was to blame because he was a small time loser. He had no media scrutiny when he was in the WAC & MWC, even when he moved to the Big 12 he got very little media scrutiny but he was still always in some small media beef. You can take the boy out of Rozel, etc.