Again, Chizek is this year's Mike Stoops. Yeah, Stoops had the "co" tag, but its pretty similar really. No doubt, it was a very good hire as far as excitement goes and will get ISU fans pumped about recruiting, but there really are no guarantees. Stoops has gone 3-8, 3-8, and 6-6 at Arizona, so its not like he's tearing it up. I doubt Chizek matches Princes first year success at ISU and I imagine it will be a lot closer to Stoops' 1st year at AZ.
The only ISU hire that would've brought great concern IMO would've been Butch Davis.