re: UPDATE: Mike Irwin just said Malzahn is choice #1.

If I thought he could win here at close to the same clip he does at AU I could probably look past the sleazeball character issues and be alright with it, I just don't think he can at all.

Case and point: I remember my family discussing their personal run-ins with BP and how much of an outright prick he was to anyone and everyone around when he was on The Hill. The dude had zero prejudice when it came to who he tore into and why, so much so that he was giving out verbal arse kickings at times and places completely unrelated to football. At the time these stories were hilarious and everyone just laughed it off like "haha classic Bobby!"

Fast forward many months later after he's fired and those EXACT same stories are being passed around, only this time to justify why it had to be done and why he was such a POS. It's not like this was on some small scale between the people who knew/ran into him here and there either; the entire fan base was taking these stories and justifying in the same way.

Point being, people can look past A LOT when a HC is successful. I don't believe GM woukd have the success necessary.