I agree fan support is as low and fan apathy is as high as it's been in the D1 era but I don't think there's an assistant coach on the current staff that's going to make any difference these last 6 weeks of the season and I definitely do not want them to promote from within long term. I think an in season change would just create more turmoil with the players. Things like some guys want Olson to take over, some want Veasely, some want Brown, etc. I think (hope) the coaches know what's going on here being Richman is in the last year of his contract so I can't imagine any of them would take the interim tag with a lot of gusto knowing that they're dead men walking (in a professional sense at NDSU). I'd say let this group that's been together since this summer finish it out and wipe the slate clean once the season is over. Doing so won't jeopardize the future any more than it already is and I think that's actually the cleanest way to do it. This season is essentially lost and it would be a pretty bad situation to throw an interim first time head coach into it now along with forcing the players to go through 3 likely head coaches in a matter of a couple months.
Just my two cents... in the end I think we're all in agreement that a change needs to happen and it will before next season