DD was absolutely the wrong hire and where the program is now confirms it.
I don't mind experimental hires, but if he comes back next year, he'll have been here as long as Jirsa, DJ, and Herrion combined.
And it kinda worked in the beginning. Inherited a dumpster fire from Herrion and was competitive in C-USA by his 2nd season. Caught lightning in a bottle for a magical two weeks in his 4th season. That bought him a grace period, and it should have, but that grace period should have been over at least 3 years ago.
His system also kinda worked at first. The average NCAA team wasn't shooting nearly enough threes a decade ago. So speeding up the game to take the most advantage of other teams playing sub-optimally was a good strategy. But now teams have caught up with analytics, and I wouldn't be surprised if we're now far behind the average team in that department.
And now he's so clearly far behind the times. Did little to nothing with 5 years of a special talent in Taevion. Recruiting has tanked. He's never getting anybody with half of Tae's talent ever again. Hates the portal. Horrific defensive philosophy. Grumpy about everything. No sportsmanship. Throws players under the bus. Snippy to Keith Morehouse. Doesn't give any praise to other Herd teams. Propped up by powerful family/friends. But we're stuck with 2 more years because Spears or whoever was in charge of the extension made a colossal mistake.