Maybe they are trying to hire another true HC (like Malzahn was) while leaving Chizik as the figurehead. This would probably allow Jay Jacobs and Tim Jackson to stay employed if Petrino improved the program. They could keep "God Thing" and show their Christian character and fambly values by granting Petrino forgiveness for his transgressions. This would probably be wildly popular with the cult until it inevitably fell apart.