The Candle hire is relative to who else is a possibility of being hired...
If it’s between Candle or Arroyo, Coley, Nussi etc, then Candle is the best of that bunch.
Other names like Frosty, Mullen, Littrell etc, are really only speculative because we have no idea if they’re even in consideration or even interested.
We may all expect “better”, but the reality is Candle is probably the best we can do.
View it like a spectrum, with Gattless being on one end & whichever OC you view as the best on the other; as long as we get further away from the Gattless side of the spectrum that’s better than worse case scenario.
Is it ideal? No. Is it what might be preferred given the salary that can paid for the position? Probably not.