Absolutely not. We're one year deeper into the hole because Fears fell into our lap. Last year's team with Jalon Moore "leading" the way would've dropped the 4-14 turd into the punch bowl and we'd be on to the next thing. Instead we missed out on a solid batch of coaches just so we could reward mediocrity to an underwhelming program. I wonder how many NIL agents out there give two dingleberries that Fears went to OU. I wonder how many mercenaries remember that we had two Naismith winners in eight seasons. Beating a crappy Texas team in Austin kicked this wretched can one more year down the road and the more we lose the madder I get. The book should be closed on this nonsense.
By the way: Fears is a great player. He'll never accomplish a thing in New Orleans because that franchise is a joke, but he's one heck of a guard.