I'd like to think that's kind of the plan. Get a veteran, experienced guy who knows his stuff and is considered smart, football smart, and I think this guy is. Even if his career trajectory has leveled out, and he might be considered among the journeyman class. And keep the train rolling, rather than sort of a regime change, at least for now. And far as Mickens goes, maybe there is some kind of understanding that you're next in line, if you want it. I don't know how close the two of them are, MF and MM, and whether or not some kind of loose arrangement could work. Given all of MM's success he's going to get his shot and fairly quickly. And he's been at ND long enough and successfully enough that you would love for it to be here, and that MM feels the same way. So hopefully/maybe he's the heir apparent.
That would be cool.
