Would you ever hire somebody that you knew was better able to do your job that you were? That's pretty close to career suicide. It just won't work.
Fridge is a guy with some of if not "all" the answers. His resume is impeccable. He was unfairly run out of Maryland so they could hire Randy Edsall. More of Debbie Yow's stupidity.
But now Flood has a guy working for him that everybody in the world knows is better qualified to have the HC job than he is.
So if Fridge is successful it helps Flood in the short term, but it also makes him a candidate for his job. This ain't gonna work. But they are, once again, desperate in New Brunswick.