I don't give a shit what Nick Saban did at Kent State as a GA or assistant. I don't give a shit what he did at OSU. I don't care what he did at Navy, West Virginia, the Cleveland Browns, Houston Oilers, Syracuse, or Michigan State as a DC. What I care about is what he did as a head coach, because thats what he is now. Thats the experience that I care about. Its a whole new ball game when you're the big cheese. Thats the line of thinking that I think on.
I get that HC is a whole different ball of wax than AC.
However, if I'm looking at two candidates (Shula and Chizik) for the same job (HC at an SEC school), then I will examine their resumes for performance at past positions.
In that analysis Chizik stomps a steaming mudhole in Shula's ass, and gives some valid basis for expecting Chizik to not fail miserably.
He might, of course, but there is nothing to indicate that he will...despite Kaos's myopic and delusional view of ISU.