Not saying it's a good or bad thing if that happens ( I personally think Manny would do well here with a little seasoning) , just that it's the kind of lazy, predictable hire the university will go for.
.... y'all act like (1) great head coaching hires are growing on trees and (2) that these great candidates all have the University of Miami high on their list of places they want to end up.
News flash; coaching at "The U" isn't the DESIRABLE HEAD COACHING GIG THIS FAN BASE THINKS IT IS.
Private school. Off campus stadium. Lukewarm fan support. Metropolitan city = competing with pro sports franchises for entertainment dollar and attention. Not the greatest city to raise a family, opposed to a small-town, college town vibe.
****, look at Florida. That athletic department has more money than God—and their hires post-Spurrier (outside of Urban Meyer, who obviously panned out well, coming in from Bowling Green and Utah). Ron Zook. Will Muschamp. Jim McElwain. Even ol' Dan Mullen was hardly a home-run hire or big-named guy like their fans were clamoring for.
There aren't a lot of big named guys out there—while a lot of these up-and-comer types (re: Matt Campbell, Iowa State) are either (1) happy where they're at (re: Brian Brohm spurning Louisville to stay at Purdue) or (2) are waiting on a big time job (like Tom Herman leaving Houston for Texas after turning down other offers.)
Miami only landed a proven commodity like Mark Richt because he was an alumni. Prior to that, look at who else was in the running when the Canes landed Al Golden—Randy Edsall from UConn, or Marc Trestman, the journeyman OC running around Canada for a few years?
To call the hires "lazy" or "predictable"—inaccurate. Not a lot of people want the job. ****, Miami couldn't even get Schiano back in 2007 after canning Coker and UM was stuck with Randy Shannon, because no one else was interested.
The minute people can start accepting this program for what it is, versus what they think it is in your head—that perspective shift will change everything.