But I think it needs to be said about every 10 posts to chill everyone out. Let's give this a little time before we bury DB, k? He's been doing something for the past month, presumably related to M football. He had an idea he would fire RR, or at least knew it would be a possibility. He did not starting thinking about this or doing his due dilligence this morning. The guy didn't get to where he is by being lazy, that much I know.
There are a dozen coaches out there we'd love to have. Some or most of them won't come, but one will. We have more money, more history, a better school and more $$$ than all but a few schools and they have coaches right now. Maybe it's not Patterson, but it wouldn't be too crazy for him to say "You know, I just went undefeated and didn't get a shot at a national title, and I'm moving to the Big East where the last team to go undefeated there (Cincinnati) also didn't get a shot. I'd like to coach a team where if I put together the best team in the country, I get rewarded for it. I'd like to coach in a huge stadium where my team is on national TV every year and I can attract numerous future NFLers. Oh yeah, doubling my salary is nice too."
Or Dan Mullen, who knows no matter what, he'll never be able to out recruit Alabama, Auburn, LSU and Florida, therefore will probably never even win his own conference. Oh yeah, a million and a half to two million dollar raise wouldn't be bad. And for a guy not from the south, a chance to get out of the south.
These are only two examples, and there are many. We only need one. I know Notre Dame has tried its hardest to disprove this, but the big programs are never down long. USC, Alabama, Nebraska, they all had down periods lately. We have the name, we have the stadium, we'll get the coach.