Disagree. Installing Lake is a no-brainer. It hopefully keeps the aspects of Petersen that made this program successful, and injects an energy that was holding it back.
And I don't care if Lake has yet to prove himself as a defensive play caller. He doesn't need to do that anymore. We know he can build a defense, he can recruit like an animal, and he's a top-notch motivator in a profession where that quality is almost half the battle these days. I don't think anyone else on the staff has the potential to be an elite head coach besides Lake, and going outside of the program for a new-hire would be throwing out the baby with the bath water.
"We know he can build a defense"
We do?
"he can recruit like an animal"
I love the guy but he's never been close on any 5 star DB's, not even Kelee Ringo who he had plenty of inside edge for.
"and he's a top-notch motivator"
I'll give you this.
I like Lake. He's a great asset to the program. People who insinuated we would be better off without him were absolutely FS.
HC is a whole different thing. Sure you can squint and see him as a great HC but the most important thing an HC does is hire assistants and so far Jimmy has hired .... Will Harris. Who has done as much of an impact on the program as you or I have.
There are a ton of ways this goes very, very badly.
