I think there is a more accurate way of stating this hire. Hauck has proven what he can and can't do as a head coach. Pease has been an OC and on staffs at major programs. Not hard to see a jump. Who knows if Hauck could maintain and exceed where he left off but he was the safe bet. Pease is an unknown as a head coach but the ascension to HC isn't unimaginable. Stitt has been a HC but at a much lower level. Stitt's selection seems to be the biggest stretch of the three. Has been done spectacularly well and equally poorly at other programs. Haslem will receive the credit either way. As I see it, Haslem went all in with the hire. If it works then he will be the genius, if not, then the biggest goat in the State. Go Griz!