I don't think anyone here attacked you for that. Maybe on another site, but everyone here knew that Searels was an issue.
It was a 'Mack is sacred' thing. Searels is a fine exhibit of Mack's problem of feeling that his choices for assistants are far above being questioned. Those who see Mack as the Savior tend to agree with Mack on his BFF assistants. I hated the Searels choice before it was officially announced. I said here exactly what would happen, that did happen, based on knowing well what Searels did at VT and Miami, and knowing the complaints about Searels from his Texas days, which matched what I knew of him at VT and Miami.
And I have known about Mack's ego regarding his BFF assistants back to his UNC 1.0 days. If Mack were quicker to replace run of the mill BFF assistants (whether they met at coaching clinics or the assistant played for him and/or the school), he would have won more games over the years. That stubbornness may be his biggest weakness.
The program has been very fortunate in that Chizik wanted to be here again, and that he had the clout to demand that Warren come with him as his deputy. And we are about equally fortunate that Searels is gone. Mack was not forced to fire a BFF assistant, but he lost one, and the replacement of Mack's BFF is not any part of Mack's close circle. That is a very good sign.
If anyone else on the D staff leaves for any reason, the replacement needs to be chosen by Chizik and Warren. What they did their first time at UNC the first season was nearly unbelievable. They work together very well.
Within a couple of years, more people will be wondering when Mack will step aside and if Chizik wants one more shot at HC. If Chizik does become HC, here or elsewhere, the odds are huge that Warren will be his DC and Associate HC.
