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He's probably the only coach who has an offensive playbook and a defensive playbook to be ran. He is one of the few who can legitimately coach every position on the field. His micromanaging has held him back.

He is the floor.

The issue is Dabo and Franklin don't move the needle of excitement as the ceiling. How do you know this? Because you have to sell people on each one just as much as the P4 names thrown around.

Dabo is a rah rah guy who will need a huge budget for the staff with no previous ties to the state or university. He is currently in a Pittman situation where the buyout is ensuring his employment.

Franklin is fresh in the memory of having a top 5 team losing to a 0fer UCLA team with an interim HC and being fired before the halfway point of the season due to underperforming.

These are not exciting names. If either one had some sort of previous ties and were not unemployed or soon to be unemployed it may move the needle. Basically if it was 2015 not 2025.

Even Bert was coming after being on top at Wisconsin.

Kentucky fans said he wouldn't adapt. Cal had been talking about the need to have an older roster for several years.

Dabo says if you don't like the job he's doing fire him and pay him his money.

This isn't the same and totally different mindsets.

He hasn't waited around.

He had Chaggy's son last year who is going well at UVA this year after being a bust in the making at TCU under Kendall.

He replaced Morris with a guy who was a backup QB in HS true freshman who is now one of the top QBs production wise in college.

He's basically a younger version of Petrino in QB development.

Or you can argue it's the offensive system and the QB doesn't matter as much like Briles had at Baylor or Jones at Hawaii and SMU.

Either way his teams have produced offensively consistently with lesser talent on paper. So if the group listed he stands out the most.

He's OSUs #1 target as he's likely the next Gundy.

Crazy most if not all of that stuff was on display in the BAC and coach's office under Nutt.

*fair catcher at Arkansas.

Yeah you gotta get over all the reasons Penn State paid 50 million for him to not coach for them anymore.

Really when you think about, if you ignore all that he's a perfect replacement for Pittman.

I also hear Brian Kelly is available, he's coached for a NC before.

The majority of the fanbase would want a coach who is offensive minded and they see as being a big brain.

Doesn't matter if their offense is simple (Gus) as long as they can talk the talk they will be viewed as a big brain. Ultimately this was the largest reason for Nutt's downfall, the man sounds dumb when he talks.

I don't think people were as pissed about not getting Kiffin as they were about getting Pittman instead for a small amount of money difference.

Saban didn't win until later, but he also didn't fail before winning a NC.

Kiffin, Riley, and Sark all failed at SC.

The most unsurprising report from UNC was how Bill thought college would be less work than in the NFL.

But their donations were "small" and they attended every game.