And to Nick's credit, he was promoted very quickly to DC at Vanderbilt — after first being hired as only a position coach.
If that had been the case for Poppinga, I'd be more willing to entertain the notion of him as a DC for us. (And I'm not in any way suggesting we should go hire Howell — but, honestly, I think it's clear he'd be a much better hire than Kelly as a DC.)