he was also presiding over one of the great meltdowns / quasi-scandals in SEC history (which is saying something) with the whole Arkansas mafia incidents in the mid to late 2000's that landed Mustain at USC, Houston Nutt at Ole Miss, and Arkansas gutted  until Petrino had a chance to build things back up. I'll pass on Malzahn.

IF

DB fires RR (and I don't want him to), then I want Jim Harbaugh, and that's a big if (literally).

The absolute last thing that I want DB to do is to fire an established coach with a track record of success (albeit at other schools) that has improved the team (albeit slowly) for a relatively untested coordinator-- especially an offensive coordinator. 

Malzahn has undoubtedly done a great job at Auburn and he also did some nice work at Arkansas and Tulsa, but what has he done that would make anyone think that he would do a better job than Rodriguez as a head coach?   What would he do to fix the two biggest problems on the team defense and special teams?   What would he do with recruiting?   The one thing that we do know about him is that he would likely know how to run a good offense-- which is the one area where we seem to be doing well.   

If we are going to fire Rodriguez (and for full disclosure, I think that would be a bad idea), I would hope that we would be able to bring in someone that is a clear upgrade.   For me, that's someone that's been a successful coach at the highest level, not a coordinator that was fired from one BCS coordinator job and has all of two years of OC experience at another BCS school.  

I suppose that Harbaugh fits the bill of a successful BCS coach, but I do wonder if he had QBed for Iowa or Notre Dame instead of one of the more memorable M teams of the last 30 years if there would be as much support for him as there appears to be from certain segments of this board.

As for hiring Malzahn or another coordinator (even one that more established like Wil Muschamp or a great defensive coordinator like Kirby Smart), I would be highly unimpressed.   But of course, I don't have a vote, so we'll see what happens.

If you were going to hire Gus why not keep Rich they run the same style neither have defensive back grounds but RIch has won as a head coach at the college level so why would you hire an unproven coach after getting rid of a proven head coach with the same style

I like the coach we have now.

won't have contract money to play with at Michigan like they do over at Auburn. I suppose it would be funny if Dee Hart called Saban after the bowl game and said "I'm sorry, the money... it's just too much!" if Malzahan got the job... but yeah, not worth it.

I'm cool with the coach we have now, thanks.

If DB decides to change coaches, I'd rather he not get the hot new guy with a history of awesome offense next time.  To me this is just the same as chasing hot stocks which can make you broke very quick.

But, what I think doesn't matter...that's all.

Malzahn is a really good OC but is completely unproven about his ability to hire a staff and call the shots from start to end. Whether you are a RR supporter or hater I don't see how you can think that Malzahn would be the better choice. RR's insistance on running the 3-3-5 IMHO was the downfall of the D this year, but he at least sticks to it becasue it worked in WV. Malzahn only knows what worked for him at the high school level. RR has proven that he can win in the Bg East, Harbaugh has proven that he can do more with less, Malzahn has only proven that he can do more with more. My guess is that Malzahn will start out with a head coaching job somewhere small like a low level MAC team before he gets to go somewhere big. I think Charlie Weiss should prove the logic in that.