i highly doubt that.I think it was just obvious that the program wasn't going to win a NC with him as HC. Though, he should have been given another year just to prove pedersons point - i think the reason was that we weren't going to win a NC with him.
Well ya never know about what people say anymore even if it is written on paper. Frank just wasn't the guy but i always wondered why Gill didn't get to coach the bowl game after Frank was fired?? He was the Assistant head coach after all!