nothing has changed in our situation perception wise, and i still find it doubtful that even with the AD change, any big name coaches that many of us wanted are in play...again, or at all.
i think if you start looking at the landscape, and boil it down to "knowns", "wants" "needs", it starts to look a little like this:
Lane Kiffin is not getting this job.
Gary Patterson just signed an extension
Peterson isn't leaving UW for this job, in it's current state
if John Gruden was, call it considering the job before, i can't believe that he views it as more attractive now. if he coaches again, he's going to the NFL.
Frost and Mullen are off the table.
Cutcliffe, Gundy, Doeren, Brhom all said no.
Leach had an offer taken off the table, and i would doubt it that Fulmer would pursue, and not sure Leach would take it now anyway
i just don't want Norvell. was not impressed with his game management Saturday....at all.
i think Fulmer is/has/will talk to some of these guys again just to make sure nothing that's happened with us might have changed their mind.
i also think Fulmer knows what many of us know, there is a formula that can work for us in our current situation, and Les Miles with Tee Martin checks most, if not all, the boxes.
and i know all the arguments against both. and i'll even agree with you. i've siap, a week and a half ago, i was a hard "no" to both of these guys.
but things have changed, and while i'll acknowledge and agree with any limitations most anyone would bring up....as quick as we are to say "they might fail" or "what if they suck?"
what if they're great? i mean really.......what if Tee Martin is THAT guy, and we get him early enough to prosper from it? isn't that worth taking a chance on? to me, it's at least worth the same chance as passing on him because he might fail.........
like i said, i get all the criticisms of both of these guys. but if you can get them both on the same staff.......that would be hard to ignore for me, at this point. i'm a firm yes, this week, to that scenario playing out.
