re: So we are gonna write off a man with 35 years of experience before a single snap

You hire the resume. If you're an elite power 5 school in the best conference in college with a talent rich state like LA, you hire the best resume you can get,

This is like the President appointing some backwoods small town, ricky dink, 75 year old justice of the peace to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. Unfortunately, there's no governing body to deny a shitty hire like Steele.