Yet it is impossible to ignore the parallels between Hinkie's resignation and the firing of a certain renegade coach by the football team across the street are numerous, starting with the tragic flaw that hastened each of their falls. Hinkie and Chip Kelly both learned an important lesson that they would be wise to incorporate into their respective processes moving forward: the establishment is the establishment for a reason. There is safety in numbers, which is why most large gatherings of members of the species homo sapiens are infected with a potent strain of psychological insecurity: people who look outward for affirmation do so out of a lack of internal confidence, an inability to resist the nagging doubts inflicted by the risk averse angels of our nature. They submit to the rule of Gov. Fear, the thought of dying alone driving them deeper into his jurisdiction, where the masses huddle together and regard each other's presence as evidence that they all must be doing something right. We might all go down together, they say, but at least there will be nobody left to laugh at us.