Maybe the defensive playbook that Ash uses came Fisher Price - it would explain some things. Anyway, people get the hook all the time. Freeman should just pat Ash on the shoulder while taking his play calling sheet , tell him thanks for his effort but that ND is going in a different direction. Then tell him to leave the field/ and the campus, and then and take over. Have someone clean out his office and ship it to him. Happens all over America every day - to people who don’t even make 1/10 what ash makes. Ash will be fine financially.
For the players it’s their career, for the coaches it’s a business. For the University it’s all about standards and results. Ash is severely lacking. ‘Buh-Bye!’