He's not going to get a top program job as HC coming off of fairly recent acclaim as a DC. So Vandy can be two things for him: a HC job at a school with connections, but also a potential springboard to something bigger. I didn't even consider the notion that Lea might pass. My issue was whether Vandy would offer. Assuming Beamer goes to SCar like people are speculating, I could see Vandy plucking Chadwell out of Coastal. Lea makes sense for Vandy in a lot of ways, but as I read in an article about the job search there is a "we just belly flopped after hiring a DC without HC experience" at Vanderbilt right now. I guess we'll see. Agree that Lea will have options, and he likely won't be at ND long-term. I'm hoping to get past recruiting, and maybe squeeze out one more season.