He was on a thin line

Following the news that Bob Huggins, the West Virginia University basketball coach, resigned in the wake of a DUI arrest, someone called “Kakarot” tweeted the following:

“Called it. But ppl knew he was on a thin line anyways”

That is a congruent conflation of “walking a fine line” and “on thin ice”, both referring to a precarious or risky situation. “On a tight leash” (under someone’s strict control) may also have been in the writer’s mind, given the context. My guess is that Huggins did indeed attempt to walk a thin line when going through the field sobriety exercise that night in Pittsburgh. “Anyways” is a nice bonus here as it is a common word in Western Pennsylvania. Props to Mike Browning for spotting this beauty.