There's nothing classless about it in truth. The manager has performed well below requirement this season and the turgid football that's been delivered has not gone down at all well with the vast majority of Evertonians. The average tenure of a Premier League Manager is less than 2 years I think, yet he'll be getting a belting pay-off. He was happy to take the job when the last encumbent got flirted.
It's the way it is - limited tenure, big pay-off, walk into another job (likely he'll rock up at Luton within days), rinse and repeat.
The only additional part this time is that the sacking has been delivered in typical corporate American style....blunt, concise and without any emotion. Being an Englishman who's experienced corporate American recruitment and 're-structuring' I find it quite refreshing and business-like....much better than the soft-lipped patter the likes of Kenwright gave departing managers.