Epic stand off.
Golden is daring the admin to fire him. He has refused their requests to make at least some cosmetic changes to the staff. Golden hates it here. His wife hates it here. He wants out but he has no market value and is not getting another head gig anytime soon. The buyout money is life changing. You can't walk away from 5 mil no matter how much you hate your job unless you have another one lined up with close to equal pay.
There is unfixable animosity between the BOT and Golden. Blake James is a shill and won't be around much longer. About as unqualified as you can possibly be. He is gone when the new prez comes in. Stuart Miller just took over as the prez of the BOT in May 2014. He runs a fortune 500 company. He is not going to take this **** from Golden.
If the BOT terminates Al, he wins. There are egos at play that can't handle that. Everyday Al is here is torture and they know that. They are trying to get Al to agree to a reduced buyout which he simply will not do. As painful as it will be, he can last the next 12 months here.
This thing is going to come to a head within the next few days. They won't fire him if he makes coaching changes to appease the media and fans. Muschamp did it with Roper full well knowing he was gone in 12 months.
If Al continues his insubordination, the BOT will have to swallow their pride and pay him the full buyout.