I'll go one further. Let's take a look at Briles career thus far, the performances of his offenses and the performances of the offenses at his stops before and after his arrival.
Now, I know this isn't a complete apples to apples comparison, obviously. For one, he's only 35, so there's not a gigantic sample size. Two, things change a lot year to year in CFB, especially at Baylor where all the issues occurred that we're all privy to. But numbers are numbers, so here we go:
Kendal Briles was the OC at Baylor in 2015 & 2016. He was the OC at FAU in 2017. And he's currently the OC at Houston:
At Baylor:
2015 -- #1 scoring offense in the country (48.1 PPG, 3 points higher than #2), #1 in the country in YPG (616.2 YPG, 37 yards higher than #2), #2 in YPP (7.26 YPP)
2016 -- #35 scoring offense in the country (34.6 PPG), #6 in the country in YPG (522.7 YPG), #37 in the country in YPP (6.13 YPP)
At FAU:
2017 -- #8 scoring offense in the country (40.6 YPG), #9 in the country in YPG (498.4 YPG), #11 in the country in YPP (6.80)
In the year before and after Briles at FAU:
2016 -- #80 scoring offense in the country (26.4 PPG), #72 in the country in YPG (398.3 YPG), #71 in the country in YPP (5.70 YPP)
2018 so far -- #36 scoring offense in the country (34.7 PPG), #20 in the country in YPG (481.0), #38 in the country in YPP (6.19 YPP)
At Houston:
2018 so far -- #3 scoring offense in the country (48.7 PPG), #4 in the county in YPG (552.8 YPG), #7 in the country in YPP (7.18 YPP)
Last year at Houston before his arrival:
2017 -- #65 scoring offense in the country (28.3 PPG), #40 in the country in YPG (428.2 YPG), #43 in the country in YPP (6.00 YPP)
So let's summarize ----- he took over the Baylor offense in 2015, which we all know was a juggernaut before he took the reins (he had been on staff since 2008 by the way, as passing game coordinator and WR coach, before getting the OC job in 2015), and in his very first year he produced the #1 scoring offense in America. In his 2nd year, they dipped to #35, but they were still Top 6 in yards and #37 in YPP. Not terrible at all.
Then he goes to FAU working under Lane, who was #80 in scoring before he got there, and in Year 1 they produce the #8 scoring offense in America and Top 11 offense in YPG and YPP. As soon as he leaves there, Lane still in place (he hired Charlie Weis' kid to replace Briles), they're down in every category.
Goes to Houston this season, and takes over the #65 scoring offense. In Year 1, through mid-season, they're Top 7 in America in every category.
Fellas....this dude can coach him some offense. This would be such an upgrade for this program, I really can't even put it into words. He would be absolutely drooling coaching all this talent. And he is only signed through 2019 at 400K a year. That's an easy buy-out, and you can double his salary and he'd do cartwheels from Houston to Miami to take the job. This is the #1 target. This guy is who you should all be screaming for. You wanna fly a banner? (As absolutely retarded as that is)....fly one saying "BRING KENDAL TO PARADISE"