It was certainly fair to wonder what the University System of Maryland Board of Regents was thinking when it announced Tuesday that DJ Durkin would be reinstated as Terps football coach.
Now, it has become apparent that the regents were not thinking at all.
If they had been, somebody would have figured out that putting Durkin back on the sideline would divide the student body and alumni before university president Wallace Loh finally did Wednesday what he begged the regents to let him do the day before: fire Durkin.
Loh wanted to fire Durkin earlier and the regents wouldn’t allow it, which created a political firestorm that induced both governor Larry Hogan and Democratic challenger Ben Jealous to blast the decision and call on the board to reconsider.