"Hush money"? Laughable. Yes, BF may know some things that are going on but he should be counting his blessings they fired him the way they did. If everyone knew how lazy and incompetent he was (at times) they would wonder how he lasted this long. I doubt we could find one coach that backs BF, hence, the "review" that went on. It should be noted that those same reviews happened almost campus wide over the past year or so. Not just athletics. But this one seemed to be for a reason.
Also, BF had a contract that had to be paid out so his retirement package was completely warranted for that simple reason alone. If his contract was up in June he would have gotten nothing.