My opinion is that he is simply saying there are no guarantees in this game regardless of who you hire. People want to pin a stigma on CHF that "we know who he is and he will always be that" as justification to not give us a chance or feel optimistic about a future under him, but look around at all the "sure thing" head coach hires and their current success (Jimbo, Dabo, Cristobal, etc) and it's obviously never that straightforward. The same people who want to assume Freeze's future at Auburn would likely have guaranteed A&M to have huge success when they hired Jimbo as well.
That rambling probably doesn't make much sense, but my dinner's ready. 😅