When I think of Pepperdine’s decision to not renew Marty Wilson’s contract next season, I think of the closing scene of “The Graduate.”
Dustin Hoffman’s character successfully persuades Katherine Ross’s character to spurn her future husband at the altar. Caught up in the moment, the young lovers run out of the chapel, board a bus and ride away from the wedding.
Seconds later, the adrenaline wears off and the gravity of the situation becomes apparent. Before the film fades to black, Hoffman and Ross’s smiles slip into looks of concern, regret and a potpourri of emotions.