Golden wouldn't be on the hot seat until after a real lackluster year AFTER this season.
He had the team in the top 10, and went to its first bowl game in years this past season.
He got extended after navigating the program through a major national embarrassment and investigation that took years.
Apart from some unrealistic UM fans that expect to win NOW or DIE, most other outside observers and cooler heads within the program know that the guy has at least another year before they start to take a hard look at him. He is going to get a pass on the debacle of the last few years, not to mention the fact that he inherited a total sh*t show here. He may well not be the guy, and end up failing, but no rational observer is seriously thinking he is on the hot seat THIS year.
Muschimp absolutely should be #1 on that list.