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I'd be fine with Marcus as interim. by revressbo

Have him coach the bowl. Recruiting likely wouldn't suffer much if at all with him as interim, even with the early signing day. If you're able to land Fickell (or someone else worthy) at the end of the CFB/NFL season, great. If not, then I guess Freeman's your guy. There are worse things in the world.

I would not make a bad hire in early December just to have a permanent head coach, and I would not promote Freeman to full-time HC until mid-January at earliest, if we completely strike out.