He praised Graham for encouraging his players to become “true student-athletes,” he noted that he wanted whoever comes in next to “embrace the culture” that Graham brought in and deeply consider keeping some of the current assistant coaches – Graham’s assistant coaches.
It’s obvious that Graham’s footprints and markings are going to be scattered all over the ASU program for years to come, and it seems like Anderson wants it that way.
Anderson’s main flaw of Graham is that he led a program that had overall been average – failing to win the conference and reach any major bowl games during his tenure.