If Gene is a real boss -- and I hope he is -- he shouldn't give a eff about any dumbass email campaign, but make whatever move he thinks will equate to the most wins and best program going forward. He shouldn't give a crap about how short of a leash fans give him or his new hire either. The only people he should have to sway are the big donors (also just as dumb as the majority of general fans when it comes to what it takes to run an AD or football program) in order to convince them to open up their wallets.
Its not an email campaign... Its the overall fan temperature. Which i will tell you is very COLD on CK. FACT... .. Board approved his contract... Contract not offered...Because of the fans = Fan backlash
what u are describing is someone who had no idea who he was going to hire until this week.
i refuse to believe that Taylor just figured out that Kleiman might not be a popular hire.
he has had a year to get ready for this and consider all angles
there should be little or nothing left to consider unless he was ill prepared
ANYONE would have considered a candidates popularity before interviewing. he doesn't need a bunch of bozos to tell him a FCS coach would not be exciting. he already knows that