This. It wasn't a guarantee IU would make the tournament, if they had a contract with someone they should've had a plan in case of missing the tournament.
With IU's record of coaching hires he'd have another chance in 4 years when his daughter is in college. Of course then he'd be 52 and too old for some on this board.
If the contract was signed and announcement tomorrow then the details are already locked down.
If you turn out to be right you'd be a legend but seems hard to believe.