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Seeing as Urban is the second best head coach in college football, any new coach would be a step backwards. That includes 95% of NFL Coaches since they have no idea how to recruit and make a staff for recruiting (just look at Herm Edwards).

His grandfather was Earle Bruce, head football coach at Ohio State from 1979-1987. He gave Urban his first real coaching opportunity as a GA in 86. He probably knew Smith since then and felt really close to that family hence why he didn't want to fire him, probably thought of him more as family...