re: I think you’ll see some big fish fill these coaching positions

I don't know exactly how those conversations go, but I really can't imagine the head coach of a major college team telling a 17 year old kid who is being fired/hired.

I'm sure they do the generic, we are going to have to take a long hard look at the defense and evaluate -- enough to get the message across, but not so far as to say the staff is gone.