In reply to: Home run hires are now 10-mill posted by SEE
about whom to hire as HC.
They know him very well, having spent a significant amount of time with him over the past year.
By contrast, they have spent 0 minutes with anybody not on the current payroll, so any opinions they have about those guys is pretty uninformed.
Eschewing a real search in favor of what the players want is a surefire way to get this thing wrong.
It happens when you over-correct to being a player-centric program and end up with Tommy Rees and Chris O'Leary as OC and Safeties coaches, instead of dudes from the outside that elite recruits want to play for.
Unfortunately, 5-star QB recruits don't seem to...