The "concern" was misplaced. Most of those brought over had P5 experience (Baer among them); its not as if by coaching at a non-P5 level school you forget entirely everything you learned, but that's how posters here foolishly reacted. If anything bringing an entire staff with whom each other were all familiar, was warranted under the circumstances of the depth to which the squad morale, talent and development had sunk under WB. (WB brought in or retained what he thought was an "All-Star group and we all saw how well that worked out, with coaches screaming at each other in practices!) The most important thing for HCMM's staff was to re-build confidence, morale and re-institute development and competence, e.g. lay the foundation; tasks best served by a group familiar with each other. Now that this has been accomplished, the actual results of a second year were measured and found badly wanting. One year completely rebuilding, the next to prove your mettle and earn your keep made a lot of sense in the OVERALL scheme of things.
That said, MM wasn't going to publically embarrass these failed coaches, (unlike many other schools who make a big deal about firing assistants, such WAZZU and aTm) so they were nudged toward other jobs, likely with a plan already in place for replacements to be brought in on a timely basis. To me, it seems there is a very competent method to MM's "madness, which incorporates both technical recognition of competency and a bit of compassion for those guys who don't meet the standards---something the bloodthirsty "win-at -any-cost" SEC-types here won't recognize, ever.
