There are times during the annual coaching carousel when, in reference to a coach leaving a school, you’ll hear vague references to “fit.” It just wasn’t a good fit. The coach didn’t fit the culture. You usually don’t hear anything more concrete than that — on the record, at least. Everybody moves on their merry way.
"Jordan McRae, Jarnell Stokes, they were all like, 'Coach, you gotta get out of here,' " Martin tells me, his point being that what they proclaimed publicly matched their private words. "The guys were like, 'It's time to roll.