With President Stanley going will the AD follow him
I see no reason why SH would leave SB just because Stanley is now gone. However, SB needs to be careful about who they bring on board. If the new President has little to no interest in D1 sports, SH gone and so is SB athletics..
The committee needs to find a new President who has experience. Not some new assistant to an assistant Dean or Vice President of some small school out West. Bring in some veteran who has what it takes to grow an existing institution in academics, research and of course, for us, sports... This new President has very large shoes to fill. President Stanley did many good things for this school in so many ways. The trajectory must continue upwards, not idle. We don't need any lame Duck President whowill do nothing for this University.
SBU needs to find a "next level" President successor to Stanley. Someone with credibility and experience to continue SBU's ascent - similar to the Fiore -> Heilbron move athletically. Stanley was very pro-sports, and this needs to continue, as sports success adds to the marketability and branding of the university at large. Any reversal of the sports momentum would be a huge mistake, IMO, but I'm sure everyone at SBU is fully aware of this by now.
Regarding Priore, I've never been a big fan of his game coaching skills. Too conservative, strange play calls in pivotal situations, poor use of timeouts, etc. However, in fairness, he's had pretty solid success in the premier FCS conference in the country. Like him or not, you have to show him some love for that. And he recruited well over the years. Sort of similar history to Pikiell in basketball - not the best field general, but solid recruiter with solid overall success.