I'd be very surprised to see Brendan Whittet fired at Brown. He's an alum and the athletic department has shown a history of passiveness with regard to underachieving coaches in all sports.
While I, as a fan, don't believe that Whittet is a very good coach, I think he's done an amazing job with recruiting. However, four of his best recruits never played a game in a Brown uniform, and a fifth played a handful of games his freshman year before getting injured and then transferring.
Whittet has successfully recruited Kevin Roy (he bailed literally two weeks before he was supposed to be on campus and went to Northeastern instead, taking his brother, a goaltender, with him), Miles Wood (didn't get in to Brown; ended up at BC and is having a sensational season), Nate Widman (injured his freshman year; currently an assistant captain for 3rd-ranked SCSU), Blake Weyrick (was ranked behind only Thatcher Demko for American goalies in the 2014 NHL draft; his millionaire family did not receive financial aid because Brown distributes solely on a need-based system with no merit-based scholarships being provided, so he bailed), and Tim Doherty (was supposed to be a freshman this year; left the school a couple weeks before the season started and will play at Maine next year).
Brown could very reasonably be a top-15 team with those players. However, we currently are 53rd in the Pairwise because the previous four recruiting classes have been so severely depleted by a ridiculously unfortunate series of events.
Anyway, Whittet won't be going anywhere - whether that's a good thing or not. His recruiting has been great but he's fallen victim to circumstances. Frankly, I don't think he's a very good coach but he's done well enough in recruiting to warrant another year or two. Plus, Brown will never fire anyone! *rolls eyes*
