Amazingly so. The parallels are uncanny, even identical. Both won ACC championships approx. 6 years into their tenures and achieved temporary "walk on water" status with the fan/donor base. Both failed to exploit those championships by moving their programs to permanently higher levels. Both were regarded in their final years as cruising and satisfied with mediocrity, no longer hungry. Fairly or not, both were perceived to have accepted a "LOWF" mentality and both seemed resentful when the fan base demanded more (Odom even coined the actual term, perhaps his most lasting legacy to Wake athletics). I cannot criticize either of them. They were both decent men who ran clean programs and had significant success at times. But in both cases, when they left, it was time for them to go.
Skip himself said that eventually, all coaches get fired, because if you succeed, the rising fan expectations ultimately consume you (except in the most exceptional cases like Coach K and Jim Boeheim). And if you fail quickly, you are fired quickly (unless your name is Jeff [Redacted] and you were hired by Ron Wellman).
