Lou's experience being fired and picking himself up again helped him. And as someone mentioned, I think most everyone who knows basketball respects Bryce Drew as a coach a lot more than Jerry Stackhouse, who replaced him, and has done nothing. Vandy is a tough place to win big. Drfew has picked himself up at Grand Canyon. They went to the Tournament his first year. They went 23-8 last season, and they are 13-6 this season. Culturally, he would fit in well and he obviously likes ND. His college choices when he was a player came down to ND and playing for his dad, so the choice was hardly shocking. What could've been if Pat Garrity had had one other future NBA player alongside him in the Big East.