While I don't doubt that Bowdoin is doing a thorough search; I think it's highly unlikely that they gave JB his walking papers without first having some talk with a targeted candidate to replace him.... My guess is that there's a veteran coach, possibly in the twilight of his career, who they feel they can convince to ride it out in Maine.
The hiring of Cosgrove at Colby, coupled with the lack of success JB was able to have at Bowdoin, has really changed the way I look at some of these bottom half nescac jobs. I no longer think of "up and comer" head coaches and coordinators for these jobs. Nothing kills the upward trajectory of a coaching career, like a head coaching job at a school that can't win; and Bowdoin has proven that they are a no win situation for a coach.