I think some revisionist history is happening here.
At the time of hiring, this wasn't well known, and not talked about much.
Truth is a majority of Rebel fans didn't like the hire because he wasn't good enough. This wasn't like Beard where we though he could be poached quickly, at least it wasn't talked about.
But fans thought because he wasn't Pitino, or Thad Matta, that he was a terrible hire. Well his success speaks for itself. Dude can coach. I also believe if he had that 3rd year here he would have done really well. Which seemed to be the plan, even on his side. He certainly set himself up for a good 3rd year. So I think even he was surprised about getting the ISU job so early.
And if that would have happened, we would be in a better place. Easier to come in after a successful season that not.
And we were able to flip his contract for 3+ million dollars, I wouldn't say it was the worst hire.