This is big-boy stuff, this SEC football.
For me, the lone prerequisite I desired for the new Mizzou head football coach? That the man had previously been a head football coach. There is something about that chair. You can talk about what it'll be like when you're in the chair. You can learn from mentors who have sat in the chair. But until you're in the chair . . . man, there's no equivalent feeling of pressure, regardless of how well you've coordinated a defense.
But I'm not against the hire of Barry Odom. There's a lot to like.