If you watched them play this weekend, it looked like the team had quit on Herm. Maybe the prevailing thought is that effort will go up with him gone this weekend.
Consistent with this, I would actually feel more confident with Herm at the healm this weekend. Although firings do not always wake a team up (see e.g., Nebraska this past weekend), they sometimes do. Herm was as good as fired from the beginning of this season, so the team had essentially quit and would have kept up that mentality all year with him at the healm.
Yep, agree with Stone. Would’ve preferred Herm staying the HC for our game. It is possible that an interim coach / change infuses some enthusiasm into the team.