Boston College Hires Steve Addazio: Grading The Hire

Now that the dust has settled and you've been introduced to Steve Addazio, let's grade the hire. As a reminder, here were Brad Bates' three criteria as for what he was looking for in the next coach, (hopefully) in no set order of importance:

-- Someone who oozes with integrity
-- Someone who genuinely and sincerely cares for the students, particularly their intellectual development, and will engage in facilitating their maximum development as scholars, as athletes, as leaders and serves
-- Someone who is going to win

Positives

-- Knows the Boston College program extremely well, familiar with the program's history and traditions
-- Likely a return to a run-first offense that wins the battles at the line of scrimmage
-- Called BC his dream job - he's "here for the long haul and here to win championships"
-- Has an energy and enthusiasm for football that has been sorely lacking the last four years
-- Has a plan -- "play great defense, run the football, score in the red zone, be great on special teams, and don't turn the ball over."
-- Confirmed death of bend-but-don't-break: "I want to go after people on defense. Be aggressive. You don't talk to your team like you're in a boat and say `let's go quarter throttle.' Bam - you go full throttle. You bang it, and you go. That's how I want it to be, `Hey guys let's get fired up' not `take it easy.'"
-- Referred to himself in the third person at least four times during the press conference

Drawbacks

-- Stock wasn't all that high this offseason, coming off a 4-7 year in Temple's first year back in the Big East
-- Offensive system doesn't seem to fit with current roster, particularly the offensive skill position players
-- BC will run the ball, a lot ... ZZZZZZ
-- Brings back key assistants under Spaz, bringing some of the drama from last year's staff back to the Heights
-- Called BC his "dream job," which may come back to haunt us all (cough, Edsall, cough)
-- Son plays football at Syracuse. Gross.
-- Referred to himself in the third person at least four times during the press conference
-- Still Italian, still has a mustache, still has a nickname that ends in 'Z'

Now it's your turn. Grade the hire below. Reasons for your grade to the comments section. Ready, go.