We need this coin to be launched as a Proof-of-stake. Do you really want massive miners coming in here to mine and then dump our coin on the exchange, thus bringing down its value. Go for the more long term and stable solution by leaving it strictly POS; if someone is truly interested in our coin they'd be willing to pay for our coin to be apart of the community.

The coin stockpile should be distributed to those who are actually interested in reviving the dead currency (those who start pools, host nodes, create block explores, manage faucets, even those who have followed the progress of its revamp) and thus we shall earn the first staking rewards.