Good Lord you are naive to think that. Tommy leaving alone is a huge setback to the program. Don’t care who the backup is, TM is the main reason the Cats are in the chipper again. There is plenty of money from donors in Bozeman, but you have to replace the coach and players who hit the portal (already rumors of several). Not an easy recovery. MSU isn’t NDSU, who has one hell of a coaching tree. Would one of the assistants take the head job? Unlikely they get serious consideration. Both probably follow Vigen. Recruiting takes a hit as well. Anybody thinking differently is very naive.