NH, i think you're right re: CM being the "target" at pg, now that he's on scholarship. Again, to me, that is another reason to give Fran a "pass" for the '17 season because he was without his intended pg. We need to see if CM is an improvement and the answer. So, to be fair, we still need to wait and see. I will say, however, that Fran was "this close" to signing Moore and then walked away. So, walking away from Moore leads to JBo, signing CM leads to Williams leaving and the net result is (with Connor missing virtually the entire season) we played all of '17 with the intended actual pg's.
You can blame that all on Fran, and, as the HC, you should. But I don't believe that shows incompetence or a lack of coaching ability. If we had signed Moore, then he and Williams likely would be our pgs in '17, Connor would still be a walk on (and would have RS) and JBo and Moss would be our 2's. We're definitely looking at plan B. But I feel Fran deserves the chance to make plan B work and find a better plan A if plan B doesn't work.