mid-major coach.
Smart has experience and can recruit, but he never proved himself as a head coach which made him a gamble.
I prefer hiring someone with head coaching experience (and some success, obviously) at the mid-major level.
That is why I wanted Matt Rhule from Temple, as I thought he was by far the best realistic option. And his Owls are already bowl eligible (again), and have a better Sagarin rating (#49) with lowly Temple's resources, than Odom (#71) has with Missouri's P5 resources.
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