Now the tough part, and we do have to act quickly.

I was struck by this quote: "In most competitive arenas, previous performance is the best indicator of future performance." That seems to scream Coach Rob Ash, who led Montana State to 4 (?) FCS playoff appearances... unless he inherited that legacy from someone, he should be a top consideration. Dan Hawkins may also be considered given his ties and success.

When I read up on Ash, he did remind me of Coach Sochor in some ways... academic. He said somewhere if he had to chose a second profession, it might be professor. He has been applying new analytics tools at Arkansas as an assistant.