Yeah, I don't think your analogies actually fit at all. High profile TEAM revenue generating sports are not the same as NCAA XC and Track & Field. Further, the sport of basketball has a minimal roster comparatively and schools like Vanderbilt suck at football, for the same reason schools like Vanderbilt suck at sprints, jumps, hurdles. And like it or not, unlike football, ncaa track can specialize. In football you are required to have every position covered or you are not allowed to compete at all (they also have tons of scholarships and a billion coaches). In ncaa track, if you are at a school like Vandy that isn't going to be a top program in certain events EVER, they can focus on an event area that WILL bring them success, with no penalty and no restriction. Not to mention, they have men's and women's cross country programs, so to focus on distance not only produces better results, it also covers more sports. They also do not have men's track & field, so they have fewer event coaches than all the powerhouse schools just in the SEC.
You are obviously free to believe whatever you want. However, you have no historical evidence to support what you are saying. You just "hope" it works out. That's fine, and nobody can say with certainty it won't work out. Maybe Vandy will be a national power as a full track & field program, fighting for SEC titles, finishing top 5 nationally indoor and outdoor, while still contending in and getting to nationals in xc. It is possible, though all evidence and history for Vandy and for schools like Vandy overwhelmingly suggests otherwise. Time will tell.
If you are just happy a black woman got a head coaching job, then that's fine. If you are just happy that a historically strong distance program is being dismantled to build a sprints/jumps/hurdles program, then that's fine. If you just have a lot of hope that this will work out, that's fine too, but say those things. To compare Vandy XC and Track & Field to basketball or football, or to argue without facts or history that this has much of a chance of being a successful program athletically at this type of school, is disingenuous.