Obviously they don't have to be.
We got a good look at how Lotief plans ahead. After poking the female university employee in a heated exchange, he realized what he'd done, and what it likely meant, and began laying the groundwork for his own departure.....perhaps on his own terms, but if it didn't work out that way, he had a Plan B.
Today he realizes that this program, probably in year two under a new head coach, may exceed anything any of us (including him) dreamed. He's filed a lawsuit against the university so he can't act all kitten whiskers and puppy dog tails with that, but he can now act like he's proud of what's going on within the organization he tried to poison on his way out the door.
I wouldn't ____ on him if he was on fire.