My opinion is, Huff coached at 3 years at Tennessee State then one year at each of the following schools: Maryland, Hampton, Vanderbilt, Buffalo Bills, and WMU. Then he coached 4 seasons at Penn State, one season at Miss State, and 2 seasons at Alabama. Huff had virtually zero G5 experience. The year Huff coached at WMU the team won only one game. A poor WMU team was his reference for what type or level of athlete he needed to recruit to Marshall. I believe he underestimated the level of player he would need to recruit at Marshall. We were on a higher level than a 1-11 WMU team and were closer to the level of player of the bottom half of SEC or Big10. Curt Cignetti certainly thinks that Big10 Indiana can compete with Sun Belt level players because he brought 10-12 players from the Sun Belt to Indiana with him.
Huff is struggling in his first HC gig. He underestimated the talent level he would need to recruit, he underestimated the quality of coordinator and assistant coaches he would need, he and his staff haven't been able to identify and recruit the talent needed to right the ship, and now he is trying to scheme his way out of the situation. I hope he is successful, but its been painful to watch.
That is my conspiracy theory for the day.