It remains to be seen whether whoever we hire is better than Fuente.

When Weaver fired Seth, I think he honestly believed the people who were blowing smoke up his rear end in "expressing interest". Mike Brey (Notre Dame) was "expressing interest" if the media was to be believed. Well, there is no way Mike Brey was leaving Notre Dame for Virginia Tech. (In 2021, Virginia Tech might be as good of a basketball job as Notre Dame, but it certainly wasn't in 2012.)

I honestly have no idea if Whit made this same mistake or not.

When he hired Fuente, he probably got his first choice - Fuente was a very hot name at the time, who had recently been the OC for a prolific offense and then engineered a turnaround at a nearby school.

He probably also got his first choice with Buzz Williams (a lucky situation that fell into our laps - an elite coach who felt disrespected by his school and wanted a new situation) and Mike Young (a very good coach at a lower level who is from our area and grew up a Virginia Tech fan).

It may very well be that this is his first major challenge. I have no idea how well he is handling it until we see the result.