Brothers...Bryan McClendon is a very good coach and a very good recruiter...we all know this. But, he's also on his fifth job in the past seven seasons. This is also the second time he's basically chosen not to come to Miami when his former staff wanted him to come with. Its pretty clear this is an area of the country that just isn't for him. Blame him, blame his wife, blame racism...it just is what it is. He still lost his only recruit at Miami to Jackson State, which is funny.
Same goes for T-Rob. 4th job in the past seven seasons. I didn't expect him to be here anyway, so the fact he agreed to be here and then bounced at the first opportunity doesn't shock me.
With all that said...I do not believe these two guys - as good as they are - are irreplaceable. The optics suck, sure. Would suck worse if Kevin Smith bounces, too...but I'm pretty confident Mario will put together a good staff. He's never not had a good staff.