I'd say most everyone trusts him with the keys to the team and are optimistic about what he and the staff can do with the roster
However, in the off-season, we have nothing better to do than over-analyze from the couch.
What's so terrible about it?
Cignetti is hard to argue against given that he took over a bad team and won a championship.
Coaches that walked into a top program and have maintained are harder to judge because it is hard to say how much of their success is due to coaching and how much is due to almost always having a talent advantage. I don't follow other teams enough to say how good the list is overall. It includes the coaches that are often seen in other lists of top coaches.
probably mostly due to cig having a good eye for talent. Recruits get a 2nd look by ranking services and cigs probably gets a bit of a benefit of the doubt now
how does it compare to other teams bottom of the roster?
Are you saying you would rather just leave the last 2 spots open?
Players either want paid or playing time (often both). Not sure what you are expecting for free end of the bench players (and by free I mean only paid with a free education).
How so? Whitmer wasn't an option any more as he moved on to the NFL (unless he was pushed out but we don't know that to be the case).
The only thing we know for sure is that Cigs thinks TIno is the best option of those who were available to us.