You mean the two qualifications that OUR current Head Coach didn't have, when the reigns of power were given to him?
Oh, and I corrected your last sentence "I don't want ANOTHER recruiter running a program, I want a Head Coach running a program".
Lansing had more HC coaching experience than some's fav (Luke Murray) and I'd venture that Lansing's multi-year tenure on the ISU bench played a helluva lot more in his hiring than his recruiting experience; but as he did have recruiting experience, didn't he play a direct role in recruiting EVERY player on the 2010-11 roster that he inherited? You'll want to agree at this point.
Back to his Head Coaching Experience at Des Moines Roosevelt, a HS roughly equivalent in size as one of Fort Wayne's public schools. Per his official ISU bio, Roosevelt hadn't had a .500 or better record in a decade, he gets the job and they have consecutive winning seasons and he lands an ass't gig along w/ his star player Nate Green landing a scholie...
Most of the new articles I've read have Kevin McKenna quitting in mid-June, so while it could have been worse (quitting in October) McKenna didn't do the programs a lot of favor - he COULD have quit in March, the traditional job flipping time but no, he chose June.
Did Prettyman have a LOT of options in mid-June 2010 for a new HC? I don't recall too many.
Love him, hate him -- Lansing has the best record (most wins) of any coach in ISU's MVC era - period. Can't be spun in any other way.
His winning pct is 3rd of that same era and neither King nor Hodges could hold onto the job for more than 4 seasons and BOTH had one of the Top Ten Players in the History of the GAME on the roster. Lansing has not had THAT level of talent.
This is quite likely his last season; Clinkscales had better knock it out of the park - something he has NOT done with his other coaching hires.
Keep bitching about Lansing's record; as someone who watched the horrific Greene years, THESE are the salad days.
At this point, Lansing IS a Head Coach