Mullen, Dantonio, Stoops, etc. ...
All in the same situation.
It's not worth leaving the money they are making to take the chance on the UM job, TODAY.
None of them will be fired for not winning a national title in the next 5 years ... Just stay competitive, win some bowl games, and keep cashing checks.
Do that at Miami, and we're flying banners to get you fired!
We're not getting any of those guys, no matter the pitch, IMO.
I'm also not sure Miami is the NFL launching pad you suggest it is ...
NFL guys just stay in the NFL, now. John Harbaugh was a special teams coordinator ... OCs and DCs get hired all the time to be HCs.
The NFL use to be a big bump in pay for colleges HCs ... That's no longer the case. It's not really a promotion. It's just a matter of preferring to deal with salary cap issues versus recruiting ...
Mullen passed on us. Our leadership was and is so broken that they couldn't present Miami's program as an attractive enough option.
Sumlin was my favorite of the talked-about names. He was never really considered because we apparently were reacting to Randy Shannon not having Head Coach experience. So, we were to hire a "CEO." I think the hope was that Al Golden would surround himself with excellent coordinators. I think the last thing most people expected was that his philosophy would literally dictate the offensive and defensive styles.
It is being reported in the Miami Herald that Miami never offered the job to Dan Mullen because of his ego.
The trustee said UM inquired about Stanford’s Jim Harbaugh, who wasn’t interested, and said Jon Gruden never seemed serious about taking the job. Chris Peterson gave UM no indication he wanted to leave Boise State. UM thought Nebraska’s Bo Pelini had some interest, but he changed his mind. And UM was turned off by Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen’s big ego, with one trustee saying he acts like he invented the game.
*shrugs*
It was spin. We went after him and he was, indeed, a bit of an *******. I was told he specifically said "why would I move my family down there for my coaches to make less money; this is a better situation."
It's partly why I've always said that our program's best chance at attracting talented coaches is to offer the allure of showing off on a huge stage and catapulting to the NFL.