Charlie Weasley, Professor of COMC?

[Ersatz Harry]

No: HPFGUIDX 57664

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Eric Oppen" <oppen at m...> wrote:
> You know, if Hagrid does end up biting the dust in OoP, there'll be an
> opening at Hogwarts for a Care of Magical Creatures professor, and 
> Charlie Weasley might just get the job.

I don't recall any mention of the COMC position even existing until
Hagrid was appointed to fill it, and so I was left with the impression
that the position was created both to fill a need and to give Hagrid a
more respectable job.  Yet it seems to have been a required course
rather than an elective; hard to imagine Draco Malfoy taking an
elective course with "that oaf".  Are there other references to the
position itself that might help me figure this out?  If Hagrid were
indeed offed in OoP, would there be a need to fill the position?

Of course, given the acronym COMC (awfully close to COMIC), I'm
wondering if the position might eventually be filled by the Weasley
twins after they graduate.

Ersatz Harry, who is suddenly recalling Hagrid's disdain for Filch in
PS/SS and wondering if there's a bit of history between them...