I think there is some confusion here. You are right. Gattis has to and should be our recruiting up until the point he is officially fired or let go or hired elsewhere. If for no other reason, not doing so could likely cause problems with him getting a buy out or the last remaining year on his contract. I don't tihnk anyone has an issue with him doing this.
But Gattis isn't sending himself out there to meet with recruits. He isn't going rogue calling RayRay to get dinner. Mario is telling him to do that, and that is the problem people have with it. That Mario is sending him out there to do it, because either 1) he is coming back or 2) it is some weird purgatory type of arrangement that he is being put into/giving continued access to our recruits.
I have said repeatedly that I am reserving judgment until everything is finalized, but this type of person management is close to indefensible.