[BigBlueBell]

To be honest i think if Mills was going to take the job, Bell would have already announced that and got him going and he would have done left Knox.
That might not be the case, but i believe its common sense that Bell probably called Mills up the minute dudley quit and asked him if he wanted it. They might have also gave him time to think about it thus taking all of the applications theyve got.

Dudley knew at the start of the season that he wouldn't be back....for more reasons than one. Mills was contacted in late August, I believe.