Again, you're taking away the 2 best years out of a field of 5, and the first was retooling. Any coach is a gamble, but it's reasonable to expect that with greater resources, bigger budget and a school who's focus is bball would yield better results. Style of play is totally irrelevant, imo, if we win. WI and UVA fans have no problem getting behind their teams because they win. IU fans would appreciate the system and defense, if that produces W's at a high enough rate. Folks, including yourself, are just frustrated because Archie didn't produce enough Ws.
Outside of Donovan, who has won at a high level at a P5 school, every one is a gamble, Beilein included. Even BS, who I think we all would welcome, hasn't done it at a P5 school. He was killing it in the Horizon League for goodness sake. You think if you'd dropped BS at Tx Tech, he'd have had them winning a conference title in year 1, or had markedly better results than Beard? Beard's been a winner who's produced elevated results every where he's gone. He's likely as sure a bet as we're going to get. That's what makes it so tough, ultimately you've got to sit down with and interview all these guys and take your best guess about who will do the best.
I always go back to Dan Monson. There was no brighter star or surer bet when he went to MN, and yet it still didn't work out there.