I'm perfectly happy with Evans, but I agree with everyone else that Roy Williams would have been great, and also think Clayton would have been good also.
Evans did great last year as the number 2, but Clayton has already proved that he can be a number 1. Evans looks like he could make the transition, but Clayton had the opportunity to show it, and did.
At this point, no one knows if Evans would turn into another Price if given the #1 spot. I don't think he would, but who knows?