This smells of getting a local guy, fairly cheap, who's from WV, understands the area, doesn't have an issue with the area and can relate. I think the MU brass is jaded on outsiders coming here and deciding they don't like it. Hell, Tom Herrions family stayed in Pittsburgh while he was here. You never saw the Huff family out and about, nor at any of the games, I have never seen a picture of them at a game. It's fine that someone doesn't like Huntington, I don't on some levels, but I think the MU brass needs a guy who can live here and deliver the message that this can be a great place to play football.
Gibson would not be my choice, but again, it's Marshall. The words national search are not in their vocabulary. jmho
I see them downtown on a fairly regular basis. He works long hours and they have 3 kids, so not nearly as much now as a few years ago. I also have enough mutual friends to know all the rumors about them hating Huntington are grossly exaggerated.
I wish he was staying just to see what the OC and the offense can pull off next season but I'm also not particularly heartbroken that he's leaving. His players adore him, which probably means a lot of them are hitting the portal or leaving with him, which sucks. I also don't like how it's going down or who is likely replacement is but when it comes down to it, while I think he's a great recruiter, he's basically a Doc-level HC.
But just like Doc or Dan, any issues I have with him are coaching. It has nothing to do with him personally, his family, or anything like that. They're all good guys.