And that’s true but end of the day, they still went 9-4–in the eight years before he got there they had the worst record in the league. Again, I understand disagreement, I just think that position coaches are no longer automatically a bad hire. USCe appears to be on a good trajectory as well—basically, the off-season they’ve had is what I wanted us to have. In a lot of ways--I was listening to I think Blake Toppmeyer and he made this point--non-coordinator assistants who are AHC status can be a better fit than coordinators.
Basically, Dell is an extremely well-liked figure by all the necessary people--CFB coaches (guarantee you he could assemble a kickbutt staff), HS coaches, recruits, power brokers (who are, y'know, kind of especially important to please right now). Every HC who has come from Bowl Cut's staff has either proven to be good or is looking very good so far. We could (or should be able to) get him for relatively cheap. Out of everyone we could realistically get, he checks off by far the most boxes of what we need. I could be wrong, but I think he’d be a football version of Butch.