The AD at University of North Texas must be pounding the Ayn Rand tapes lately, because he’s been acting alone and without evident counsel like Howard Roark on a caffeine binge.

First AD Rick Villareal fires Darrell Dickey, longtime UNT coach, just three weeks after Dickey suffers a heart attack. Villareal then has to kowtow to a booster, the “Mattress King” Jim McIngvale, when McIngvale insists that a practice facility be named after Dickey. Quoth the “Mattress King”:

“Right’s right and wrong’s wrong. It’s the right thing to do,” McIngvale said. “I don’t think firing a guy three weeks after he had a heart attack was the right thing to do, either. Even Wall Street is not that callous.”

Undaunted, Villareal then pulls the ultimate fuckoff move to the formerly entrenched Dickey: hiring a high school coach, Todd Dodge, to replace him.(HT: Adam.) Dodge isn’t a no-name, having taken his high school team to a 77-1 record and three state championships. He can also claim two years as the OC at North Texas pre-Dickey. So it’s not a mondo bizarro hire–daring, yes, GerryFaustian, sure…but not insane.

It is, though, an exquisite way to tell the outgoing coach that he was extremely replaceable. Replaceable coaches must be instantly recognizeable to Villareal–his mentor was…

(WARNING: NAUSEA-INDUCING NAME APPROACHING TAKE ACTION!!! )

…Curly Hallman. We apologize sincerely to the LSU fans who just read this name and vomited onto the keyboard. Blame Curly, not us.