I'm not sure that a "splash hire" is the requirement to have our offense in a place where we can win 7 or more games next year. Even more of an up-and-comer type of guy that's really hungry for success would probably be just fine.
I think Matt Lubick was a good coach, and I think he really was Frost's #1 choice as OC, possibly even from the very start.
But the one thing that could have been going on with Lubick is it sort of seems like he took this gig more as a favor to Frost than anything else. Maybe he just wasn't that passionate about this gig or where it could take it and really giving it 100% after all?
Again, it was never really about his credentials, IMO. His credentials were more than enough to put us where we needed to be.
Point is, even just a younger guy that you haven't heard of but that is completely on board with moving this program forward is probably just as good of a hire as any.