Unless you announce Otz as the one year interim Head Coach and Horny taking over at the end of next season for continuity reasons and that he will retain existing staff. Not happening but that is the only possible scenario I can think of that an interim could work. People know the next coach staff could recruit, Horny finishes out his contract at the suns So we don't have to buy it out. We get continuity with players and system for next year. Otz gets to prove himself to potentiallyrics be very a traction for a higher level HQ job in the future. Again not happening but the only possible scenario that this would conceivably make sense (that my pea brain can think of)
I thought they changed that rule, the Bob Huggins Rule. If Hornacek were to come to ISU he could not be in contact with recruits until he is on the staff. So not sure how well that works.