would be better or worse than Kelly at Notre Dame.
Nine years is enough to know what you have in a HC...if you are happy with what you have you keep him, if you're not then you move on and make the highest quality hire you can and give him a fair shake. If he doesn't work, wash, rinse, repeat...while I don't personally think highly of him, someone like Pat Fitzgerald could come here and be the next Ara, while Chris Peterson, who I think highly of could come here and fall flat on his face. You just never know, but you can't stick with someone who isn't right for 10-15 years because you are afraid of what might happen with the next guy.