Of course, all of this is just idle speculation. My point was they would need to have someone lined up before cutting SD along with a healthy recruiting budget.
And that's the key issue for me. I think one (admittedly not the only) reason Steve has been less successful than we would have hoped is that he is under-resourced. If the university is to attract a coach who would be a clear step up, it would need to put the various necessary resources in place to facilitate effective recruiting.