The thing with EWU coach is, yeah he went from no playoffs to a pretty good team, but he's been there for nine years. He has big sky championships, a national title, etc. He would basically get rewarded for having a down year last year and returning to EWU "normalcy" this year.
While Bubba has taken a UND team that finished 10th in the Big Sky before his arrival to Big Sky Champs and National Championship contenders in only three years.
The current EWU coach took over a team that made the FCS quarterfinals.