The question bounced around Young Dining Hall in the Gossett Team House at Maryland on Tuesday afternoon and meant something different to each of the three former head coaches and the young, rising offensive coordinator speaking publicly as members of the Terps coaching staff for the first time.
Why Maryland? Why coach DJ Durkin? Why now?
For associate head coach and defensive line coach Mike London, assistant head coach and special teams coordinator Pete Lembo, defensive coordinator Scott Shafer and offensive coordinator Walt Bell, the circumstances that brought them to College Park were all different.