With the looming sanctions and depleted roster, plus the direct effect it will have on recruiting, I don’t think any coach would succeed regardless of who it is.
The best we can hope for in the next 3-4 years is a couple solid wins/seasons and to build a roster foundation for the next guy.
The next hire, hopefully free of sanctions and any major buyout, and with some decent talent, needs to be a grand slam.
Heupel is a great hire for where we are and what we are about to go through. Not the best in the business, but he accepted the challenge and knows he is likely walking into a set up for failure.
I support him.