(Read through this: There’s a big item at the end.)

… and I can’t copy and paste or even mimic yesterday’s introduction. We had a totally bizarre shift overnight in which Bill Stewart and his representation, David Hendrickson, parted ways. What prompted that is not yet clear, and may never be. The cause might be innocent and less dramatic than many want to presume — and it is, I believe — but perceptions being what they are, it’s just not a good sign for Stewart.

It appears Stewart already has a new legal top cat — a personal injury specialist, fittingly enough — and both sides are hurrying toward something … and I think we’re all fairly aware of what that is. My most informed take here is everyone knows where this is going and everyone is trying to do what is best for Stewart and his image toward that conclusion.

And at this point, I can’t see a way WVU repairs this and I still wonder if Stewart, absent proof of guilt, would go away either voluntarily or quietly.

Absent facts but soaked by suspicion, the head football coach is right in the middle of this.

For whatever reasons, WVU hasn’t found a way, or the votes, to fire Stewart for nearly seven months now.

Didn’t happen in the fall.

Hasn’t happened this week.

So …

If you believe Stewart guilty of offensive actions and wonder what’s taking so long to see something actionable, just remember that.

Do you think, knowing what Stewart knows about the process undertaken to remove him previously, he would just step aside? Not without a smoking gun to prove his wrongs.

Thanks to the time and the conversations that have occurred between the beginning of this  story and the (approaching) conclusion, the story has taken on a totally different theme. This isn’t about attempting to torpedo a ship WVU desperately wants filled with people rowing the same way. This isn’t about smear campaigns. This isn’t even about right or wrong, whether individually or en masse.

What’s happened since the first story hit Monday — really, read that and see how much has changed — is we’ve been made to revisit a discussion about whether or not this coaching arrangement will work. I’ll admit, I thought it could work, but I had doubts — yet I just didn’t think this would happen.

But take it a step further now: Should WVU even give it a shot?

Yet suppose there is no indication of guilt for anyone lumped into this discussion. Say no one can prove anyone did or said anything. Does that make you feel giddy about the future? Highly unlikely, because doubt cannot go away so easily.

Coaching is a profession built on complete trust and solid relationships. Not fractured trust and shaky relationships. You can’t ask kids to behave as young adults when actual adults act like little kids.

Meantime, if this crawls to a conclusion today, what a day it might be for WVU. I’m burying something that, on just about any other day, would be the lead. Fact is, there’s a slight chance the NCAA’s committee on infractions gets around to dealing with WVU.

Yeah, remember that? Nearly a year old, that drama might soon be over — or it might persist until August.

If WVU’s case, settled by summary disposition rather than a hearing, isn’t finalized this weekend, it’s likely to happen at the Aug. 12 meeting, also in Indianapolis (when former Ohio State Coach Jim Tressel will go before the group).

“I’m told the NCAA enforcement staff has OK’d what is there,” Luck said. “The university and enforcement staff worked together in the summary disposition process, and then it’s passed on to the Committee on Infractions.

“Whatever is there, the committee has to sign off on it … give it their blessing.”