Beard did us a favor by when he left

I had hoped Chris Beard would stay for three years. In so doing, he would have replaced the large senior class of next season and would have provided some badly-needed continuity in the recruiting process in order to perpetuate the momentum the program had gained from this season's 30 wins. He didn't stay; but if he left, I am at least glad he left after one year instead of after two, which would have been the worst-case situation. At least now Wes Flanigan has the large senior class to work with this season (which hopefully also will be successful) while he recruits to replace them. If Beard had stayed only one more season, he would have left the next coach in the lurch, scrambling to fit together a roster which would have lost at least a majority of its players. Sometimes that works, but more often it does not work very well.