So, it's the Worst Kept Secret out there. Bad comms discipline...
Facebook is full of barking morons. If you are getting your opinions from there, God help you.
Beyond a few ghastly possibilities, I really don't care who the New Guy is. We desperately needed a change. The Program had sunk to depressing lows, and it was clear that nothing was going to change to stop the slide. As it has unfolded, it seems that Sonny was The New Guy from the get-go, and that Patterson was playing on a trap-door. The AD had a plan after all. Had things gone swimmingly this season, we'd have never heard a thing, but Sonny yanked Patterson's underwear over his head, again, and his fate was sealed. The trap door fell open, and Patterson dropped down the pit to the hungry crocodiles below...
The New Guy will be hated by some, simply because he replaced a Legend. If he loses out the gate, then the whole mass will turn on him. He must win early and often, lest we become Just Like Everybody Else and march the Head Coach out to the gallows every two years, replacing him with some New Guy that half the fans hate...