I think Wellman looked at Dino's teams and saw a bunch of talent playing without much direction from the head coach. I suspect he thought he could swap out Dino for [Redacted], who to Wellman would be a superior Xs and Os coach, and keep everything else the same. You must admit, we have had the horses over the last 10 years to reach a Final Four, we just haven't done it, in part due to questionable Xs and Os coaching.
The problem was, as other people have written, once Teague and Johnson went pro and Ish and Co. graduated, the program was low on talent for the first time in a while. Then subtract Woods, add Chennault's injury, Tabb's ineptitude, Ari Stewart's madness, and whatever personal problems JT Terrell had, and we were even more screwed. Our best player was Gary fucking Clark.
So, suddenly, [Redacted] wasn't simply expected to slide over into the driver's seat of a well-oiled machine that was already humming, but rather [Redacted] need to build a program from the ground up. And, as we've all seen, [Redacted] does not have have personality for that kind of gig.
Perhaps Wellman should have anticipated that our talent level was going to be way down, in which case [Redacted] was not the best hire. In Wellman's defense, some of our personnel issues were unexpected - Woods certainly; Stewart perhaps; the freshmen maybe. But, ultimately, Wellman is accountable for hiring [Redacted] and it's on him. But, I do think he had good intentions and that he genuinely thought [Redacted] would solve our problems.