I haven’t. Others have.
I think Mario is trying to hire NFL guys because he wants model us after Bama, as he’s said in interviews.
I actually would prefer if we hired an X’s & O’s guru type from a G5, but I don’t think that’s gonna happen.
The only justifiable reason for the prolonged search is because he’s trying to get NFL guys, if he was just going to hire some college coordinators it would’ve been done already because all the candidates he would be going after their season has been over for weeks now & most of them are/were making significantly less than what we would be able to offer them.
For example; if it were someone like Sean Lewis ( I don’t believe it is), his season was officially over on 12/21 & he’s only making a little over $400,000 a year, if he were a candidate for the OC job it wouldn’t take a month & half to figure out if he wants to leave Kent Ohio & potentially make $1.5-2million dollars a year. That’s a scenario where you or your agent gets a phone call on 12/27 & the deal is accepted by 12/31, you immediately get a moving company & start looking for houses, have the team meeting with your players & inform them you’re out, then head down to Miami.
Point being, there’s not many scenarios where a college coach be he G5 or P5 would have to take too long to decide if he wants $1-2mill to live & work in State tax free Florida for a year or two...
The only situation that makes logical sense to me, is if you’re scrounging through the Rolodex looking for NFL guys who are mostly all still just starting to interview for jobs.