I doubt many many people will disagree with you. Bruce is a good man and doesn’t deserve this public humiliation. I almost think that Rutherford is being held to do this by Aquilini. If not, then I hope Rutherford gets the same humiliation. This is despicable.
Aquilini has done many stupid things, but this one is all Rutherford.
Aquilini was the one who hired Boudreau, gave him the option year and possibly, though we don't know it for sure, insisted that the option on Boudreau for this season be picked up by the club. Aquilini hasn't been one to publicly trash his management and coaches-on the contrary, he's the guy who tweets nonsensically positive things no matter what stupid things his coach and manager do.
Rutherford, on the other hand, has since last summer gone out of his way to make it clear that he's not connected with the Boudreau hiring, that Boudreau isn't his guy and he doesn't think much of him as a coach. It was Rutherford who last summer criticized the team's structure under Boudreau. It was Rutherford who publicly questioned whether they'd bring Boudreau back. It was Rutherford who came out in the press with a statement that he thought Boudreau was only hired for one season and that JR didn't know that Boudreau had an option on this season (a strange option where both had to exercise it.).
It was Rutherford who throughout has refused to endorse Boudreau, who was willing to say only that Boudreau is the coach for now. It is Rutherford, who hired his Pittsburgh underling as general manager, who has the connection with Tocchet.
While Aquilini may have refused last summer to pay for three head coaches (Green, Boudreau's payment if the team didn't exercise the option plus Boudreau's replacement) it is Rutherford who publicly undermined Boudreau and left him twisting in the wind for all to see as a lame duck who didn't have the confidence of team management. (As an aside, imagine coaching when the players know you're on the way out and that the coach's boss doesn't have confidence in him.)
Aquilini may be blamed for many things, but this cruel and counterproductive public undermining of Boudreau is all on Rutherford.