Generally someone actually recognized by the press and others as a good coach or an up and coming coach. You know, a coach others are actually interested in hiring. No one was knocking down [Redacted] or Manning's doors when we came calling.
You could just read the coaching threads here. Everybody that anyone wanted here was superior to Wellman's hires.
Both times he hired someone that no one on these boards would have considered or was even on the radar. Wellman made incredible risky hires that made absolutely no sense at the time.