Certainly seems like the men's XC culture is toxic. They didn't like the guy from the start, judging from the threads when he was hired, and then these guys are surprised that the coach didn't listen to them wanting to do things completely different than he wanted? They clearly have a vendetta against the head coach, which is ignored in the article. The guy was set up to fail no matter what, and reading about the sniveling, whining culture that is apparent on the men's XC (along with their parents) it's clear they have an agenda that has nothing to do with running well.
It's textbook if you don't like a coach, cite health/mental health to admin, and maybe you'll get your way. To what end? Sounds like a bunch of you made decisions to continue running on injuries...where was Sports Medicine? One runner quoted as saying the "workouts weren't anything we couldn't handle." So what is the official story here?
Citing success under the old coach with a similar unspectacular D3 background? Winning the HEPS indoor DMR once? Finishing top-10 in the Northeast Region? And didn't that guy try to undermine the head coach? Of course he'd get canned. Nothing in this article about that.
The girls' team quoted saying this Shaiko guy had nothing to do with the women's team, but also skeptical he was under fire for being a misogynist? Gee, I wonder if he just didn't like the new female head coach and being a continued part of the program undermined her...following the trail that all the men's XC guys loved him, but also hated her.
Maybe this new guy wasn't any good, but no decent coach is going to touch this job when you guys are going to sic your parents on administration the moment you don't like something. Any coach in their right mind would view you as a pain in the ass to deal with. Sorry about the injuries and that you aren't enjoying your experience, but don't think it's going to get much better. Certainly weaves a classic entitled Ivy League entitled stereotype.
Maybe Ben True actually wanted to coach, and maybe he'll come in and save the day again. One can hope. All problems solved, right?