I think the whole "Dimel wouldn't be a bad choice" idea is dependent on what the overall staff budget is. If we could hire Dimel at $1.5MM rather than someone else at $2.3MM, would Dimel be given an extra $400,000 to play with to hire is assistants over what the $2.3MM coach would be given? Would Dimel be given an extra $150,000 to throw at a better DC? Would rather take Dimel with a higher staff budget than a splash HC hire with a crap staff.
Look at Ron Prince's team with James Franklin & Raheem Morris compared to Ron Prince's team with Tim Tibesar & Dave Brock. Look at LHC Bill Snyder's teams with Dana Dimel or Brett Bielema or any DC or OC from the 1990s compared to LHC Bill Snyder's teams with Del Miller and Bobby Elliott.