Whoa whoa whoa on Gaudio. Gaudio was a good coach at Wake, he shouldn't have been fired in the first place. He had to keep together a Wake Forest program that just lost Skip Prosser out of nowhere. Gaudio got Wake into the tournament and compared to his successors has accomplished far more.
It seems Gaudio is enjoying doing the ESPN stuff. He's 58, so he's not exactly a young coach and his length of tenure is probably going to be limited to the first contract he signs because he would retire. Gaudio is one of the best analysts ESPN has to offer.
Dick Vitale is a clown show. He is a great fundraiser for charity, but overall he's BAD for the game. He hypes athletes in a fashion that sets them up for failure and encourages the wrong message about the college game. The college game is not about the personalities, it's about the way the teams play. ESPN did the smart thing by starting to de-emphasize his role.