Navy Lax fans wanted him to replace Sowell. He is good recruiter.
Harvard isn't the worst destination for him. If ND has done its job, perhaps we can lure him back when the time comes.
if offered. But things change, Harvard/Boston is nice, who knows. A big blow to the program for sure.
If Byrne wanted to be a head coach, his window of opportunity was rapidly closing. I would love to seem him succeed Corrigan here, when the time comes. But there's only about a 3-year age difference between Corrigan and Byrne, so perhaps that isn't in the cards.
And while I'm no expert on the subject, I would say that at first glance, Notre Dame came out from this about as well as could reasonably be expected. We landed Wellner, a highly-regarded assistant who could be a HC sooner rather than later, to replace Byrne. And we also added Wojcik, who has HC experience and probably could be expected to replace Wellner should Wellner get a HC opportunity after next season.
Perhaps finding a way to pony up the money to hire a new top assistant, but that's about it -- one must assume that Corrigan will be the one to seek out and hire Byrne's replacement.