This really is a difficult question to answer, because no matter what success a person has had at a certain level, to quote brokerage firms, past performance is not an indicator of future performance. People are successful in some situations for reasons that don't translate to other situations, and that's true whether it's a current UD assistant, an established top tier D1 coach who was fired, or a low major HC. If we only think short-term, and believe elevating a current assistant helps retain recruits, we may be better in the short run but hurt ourselves longer term. Is that risk worth it (assuming the recruits stayed) vs getting a new coach from outside but losing some or all of the recruits. I/m sure that the AD and President are thinking through all of these issues and more. All we can do is hope for the best.
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