Still not following your rain of thought, wasju.
You don't think he's back in bench this season? Or you don't think he ever returns?
I am starting to think he might be done here for good.
Here is my thought process for what it is worth:
Nuri situation- Granted the kid was flaky and from what people have told me and he might have has some issues acadamically. But his goal was to make the NBA and staying here with Lavin would have given him the best shot at that. From Lavin's perspective if he was coming back why basically tall Nuri good riddance when the other issues about Nuri were happening away from him. Wouldn't think istead of throwing away a kid you recruited you would see if you could resolve things yourself?
Recruiting vs Coaching- I am not a doctor but this just never really made any sense to me or really follows any kind of common logic. It is less stressful to supposedly fly around the country kissing kids asses as opposed to sitting on a bench. Dunlap seems pretty calm. Actually he looks like he might fall asleep sometimes.
Dunlap PR machine-every broadcast we hear his resume. Coached D2 was a legend in Guatemala or something and was an NBA asst. Seems like a plant.
Where's Waldo-Coach is supposedly in California, Georgia, Vegas, Disney World, Cancun. I think someone in Mexico reportedly saw him in his bowl of soup. Seems a bit staged.
Decommits / lack of recruits- If he is coming back I would say the perception is he is not.
My gut tells me he steps down after the season and pushes for Dunlap to take over.