Certainly there was talent left over at Pacific and obviously Whitworth when Cleary and Logie took over but don't underestimate the work it takes to handle the change either, plus you still have to prove you can coach in a new league, win over the locker room, and in Logie's case, coach in pressure situations (ie, championship games, NCAA tourney). Also, correct me if I'm wrong but the leading scorer at Whitworth last year (Lasisi) and this year (Valle) were both brought in by Logie...so credit for much of their success goes to him and the new staff not Hayford there.

I definitely think getting a D1 experienced coach (Logie, Cleary, Bridgeland) or experienced head coach (Hayford/Bridgeland) has been proven to be a more successful model then promoting a D3 assistant (Lunt/Ione), but is that really a surprise?