I think the worst part of this is that the athletic department felt like they had to make an announcement saying that two coaches who were under contract will indeed be back.
Either fire them, or don't. This seems half-way. It sends the message "we wanted to fire him, but we couldn't." If they really wanted Lee back next year, this announcement never would have happened. You don't make press announcements to address the whining of fans on message boards.
This is bush league. Bad bush league. But David Walker doesn't get that.