imagine that you’ve also been in charge of their horrible and ignored-by-fans basketball program.

That’s Harlan.

-His basketball program is a shambles.
-All he had was football and their promised dominance in the Big 12.
-When that fell apart all he had was the hope of a win over their rival to try to preserve some status at least in state.
-Now even that is gone… and his all-time coach is probably leaving.

We’re seeing a man in a break down.