I'm fine with Snyder staying as long as he wants, I don't know why you tacked that on. He's definitely earned it and I don't think he'll have a season or recruiting class disastrous enough to change my mind.
But if we bring on someone new, they should be able to run the program however they see fit immediately. Letting Bill maintain control honestly won't be what's best for anyone but Bill and probably Sean.
If that's not how you feel, I apologize. I do want him to move on. So, maybe I'm projecting.
There's no way we make a change at this point. It's too late in the game. Maybe it's as simple as the fact that Bill, Brent, and Currie have agreed to something, but Brent doesn't want to come to Kansas State until after Clemson is done, and maybe Bill wants to give his assistants more time to find good jobs, or audition to Brent, by announcing earlier in the year. If we've crossed some sort of milestone date, and Bill really wants to take a step back and quasi-retire more than he already is, and he wants to make sure his staff is taken care of, one way or another, and Venables really does consider this his dream job, then maybe they figure just making the move after signing day is the best move for everyone involved. At that point, you may as well make him HCIW because that's the only move that's really left on the table unless you just want to put everything off for another year, but what's the point of that? I've already outlined the advantages of being a HCIW.
This could have been a completely different conversation if Venables was set to coach Clemson in the Russell Athletic Bowl, but that's not what's happening. There's no way he would even consider walking on Clemson or making this a distraction before the Orange Bowl. Based on everything that I glean about him, that's not how he rolls.
Again, HCIW is more of a matter of convenience than power in this situation. Bill is already half out the door at this point. Venables coming in just makes the timing better for everybody, and I'm sure Currie would pay Venables whatever he's making at Clemson, if that's what it took.