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I think the word "believes" is too strong.  "taking the position that" would be better.  (But more generally, I don't agree that OutsiderFan sums up the situation.  There is too much we don't know.)

If there were a separate written termination agreement, wouldn't one side or the other have made it part of the claims of the suit. (I guess there could be a do-not-disclose clause that prevents that.)

The bit about it taking too long for Dawkins to renegotiate his contract with his new employer seems silly.  He got his new job in 9 days.  Either he had been in negotiation quite a while, while still a Stanford employee, or he pulled the trigger on the new contract fairly quickly (visit, interview, negotiation, ...)

Has anyone thought that maybe he wanted out of his Stanford contract and coached/behaved in a manner to get himself fired without cause?  All he had to do was have another bad season and he'd be on this course he's on now.

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I think the word "believes" is too strong.  "taking the position that" would be better.  (But more generally, I don't agree that OutsiderFan sums up the situation.  There is too much we don't know.)

If there were a separate written termination agreement, wouldn't one side or the other have made it part of the claims of the suit. (I guess there could be a do-not-disclose clause that prevents that.)

The bit about it taking too long for Dawkins to renegotiate his contract with his new employer seems silly.  He got his new job in 9 days.  Either he had been in negotiation quite a while, while still a Stanford employee, or he pulled the trigger on the new contract fairly quickly (visit, interview, negotiation, ...)

Has anyone thought that maybe he wanted out of his Stanford contract and coached/behaved in a manner to get himself fired without cause?  All he had to do was have another bad season and he'd be on this course he's on now.