http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/07/18/ed-reed-says-hes-playing-this-season/ I guess Ed is finally getting that his song and dance is not working.
So you are disagreeing with what you said before. Fridge deserved a send off or to leave on his own. Anderson could have said this is your last yr. Let it be your swan song and if Fridge bailed that is on him.
http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/coaches/ralph-friedgen-1.html Ralph has a 600 win % in his 10 yrs. In the 10 yrs before Fridge it is a 336 win % and one winning season of 6-5. To me that leaving it better than you found it.