Bob Prescott is more than qualified for this job, he is indeed one of the good guys in the business. He gave me a volunteer assistant job at Kankakee Valley when I was a 19 year old college student in need of a community service project. I always appreciated his refreshing honesty and realist views on things. I know at least part of the deal at Peru was that he also got a chance to coach his son Kordell, who was just another rugrat with ice cream on his face when i saw him last at KV back in the mid 2000s.
I mean honestly who really gives a damn if he has a middling W-L record, because we know a multitude of factors play into the success of a football team. You can't control the talent in the pipeline, only how you develop it. Prescott is skilled in the art of molding football players into not only good athletes but also respectable young men. If we measure success in that regard, Prescott is an elite coach no matter his average W-L record, and given the right circumstances I'm convinced he can turn HN into a contender.