I think the job goes to either Kelly of Kiffin. I would be happy with either. I think both could win here. Kelly has the personality and would definitely be similar to the pearl hire. Kiffin is a good coach and he will be a big time coach in the future. He would be able to assemble a great staff and his recruiting is top notch. As far as the argument of how much was Kiffin's production at USC and how much was Sarkisians. If Sarkisian ran the show more, wouldn't he have been offered coach at Oakland instead of Kiffin? And judging from this year, USC's offense was obviously better when kiffin was on board.
As for Leach, he has had one good season and thats it. Did he really develop Harrell to be a pro? Harrell has no idea what pressure on the qb even looks like let alone how to handle it. If Tech makes it to NC against bama or florida watch what happens leach fans. It will be a massacre and I'm estimating it will be much worse than what the SEC has done to ohio state the past two years.