First and foremost I think Derek Dooley is awesome and a great choice to take over this program when he did.
He is recruiting, and he is making us as fans proud of a program that has had its fair share of bad publicity.
While I love the way he coaches, speaks, and is with these young men, I still must withhold actual judgement on him as the long term right man for the job.
I hope and pray that he is able to take these high level recruiting classes and turn them into a winning product on the field. In my mind, thats all he has left to prove, and if he can do that, we probably wont need another coach for a long long time.
That being said, if after 2013 we dont have a highly competitive product on the field then his great character, recruiting, and attitude will not be enough to keep him here.
At the very worst he is the right man to bridge the gap from the turmoil we had endured, and at the very best, we dont have to hire a coach for the next 20 something years.
I hope it is that latter, but as a realist, I think we still have to wait and see.