I think a lot depends on what kind of money is there for basketball at this point. Not much sense in changing coaches if the NIL isn't there for a better coach to start competing next year. If he's back after only winning a few conference games and missing the tournament, I think that signals CDC feels he needs more time to get the money allocated for basketball to get a proper coach and build a team that competes in the suddenly extremely stout SEC.
Football is the big money spender, but CDC has also recently gotten the money in to get the expensive Schloss hire in baseball and get that program off the ground. There's no doubt he wants to do the same for basketball, but the question is when will there be enough big money support for the sport to get there. With so many mid tier NIL level schools that make basketball their priority over football, it's quite a bit more expensive than baseball to get up to the top level.