Women's Gymnastics--Lavallee gone--at start of the season We don't know for sure that this is related to the racism allegations, but it certainly out of the realm of the possible.
It seems like the new AD has spent a lot of time cleaning up messes that Kevin Blue either just flat out dismissed or swept under the rug. Wouldn't surprise me if Blue resigned just so he wouldn't be brought to task, and the pandemic gave the perfect distraction.
The statement about BLM from Lavallee they quoted seems coerced and kind of insincere. And look how long it took him to make it.
I really don't give two sh!ts about gymnastics, but I do care about whether he lost his job for doing something bad, or if he was dismissed for not giving progressive enough a response. Coaches, hired long ago, such as Lavallee and Vaughn, may have different ideas of what their role is with respect to student-athletes, and when they aren't meeting the new expectations.