Also, was this the last sighting of Nick?
By the time Snyder resigned midway through the 2005-06 season, his name -- and reputation -- was in the trough. A Missouri sports fan site posted a photograph of an apparently intoxicated Snyder at Mardi Gras.
Rumors swirled around Snyder's departure from Missouri, but the underlying culprit was probably
just too many losses.
Rumors spread throughout the college basketball world (via the Internet) that Snyder had lost control, that he was partying too hard and coaching too little. (When ESPN.com contacted Snyder for a comment on the accusations, he wrote back: "I appreciate your candor here … I will call you later in the day … thanks -- Quin." Snyder, however, failed to contact ESPN.com and didn't respond to further e-mails and voice messages.)
"The rumors and allegations [about partying] certainly didn't help his cause at Missouri," said Nick Witthaus, editor of www.tigerboard.com. "But the biggest problem was probably on the court. People can overlook personal issues when a team is winning. But Quin's teams were underachieving. That put the spotlight on all the off-the-court stuff."
http://www.espn.com/espn/page2/story?page=pearlman/080418