So what if we ended up with one of the other coaches after year 3 when we ended up with Pruitt? To refresh memory, in order - Schiano. Grundy. Brohm. Doeren. Leach. Tucker. Steele.
He could have gotten us to 8 on a consistent basis. But ceiling wouldn't be much higher than that. I wouldn't see us being in much different position than we currently are with anyone else on that list.
Probably in a bowl game with Gundy all three seasons and looking at 7-8 win seasons for the foreseeable future. Everyone else, same place we are right now, but with less talent on the roster. Decent chance that Leach would have done something stupid that would have resulted in him being fired before he finished three seasons.
This was more fun ten years ago when the what if was if Hamilton had left Kippy Brown as interim head coach for a year instead of hiring Dooley.