I don't see Mack's seat being hot at all.

The fans who are upset are the very vocal minority. Who also seem to forget what Mack had poised to play in March last year, and hold it against him that he didn't advance in a tournament that didn't happen. And for some reason, expected the team THIS year to perform, when the truth of the matter is the upper classes that should be there, were gutted due to the turmoil of Padgett's interim year, an impossible place to recruit from.

Cards had 3 seniors on the roster, 2 of which were grad transfers. Of the seniors, we got 1 full season from one, and about 5 games from the other two combined.

Cards has 0 juniors. And the rest sophomores, freshmen, or RS freshmen.

Add in the 3 covid pauses, 2 in the middle of the season, and it becomes obvious what happened this year.