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Message: [QUOTE="cuse309, post: 1514941, member: 5119"] What are your qualifications for a top tier team? We weren't even a top tier team in our so called "glory years". We were ranked only 3 times in 10 years under coach Mac. Under Coach P we finished ranked 7 times in 14 years. Finished as high as 6th with what was mostly Mac's recruits. With McNabb at qb we never won more than 9 games, and never ranked higher than 16th. Since 2002 we have been to and won 3 low level bowl games in 13 years. How exactly are we top tier? We will not hire or even draw interest from a top tier coach who can do what Harbaugh has done. Whoever we hire when Shaefer is done will be an up and comer from a non P5, or an assistant from a p5. Look, I'm as diehard a fan as anyone, but I'm also not delusional. We have a top tier Legacy with our overal wins, hall of famers, etc. But as far as being a top tier football program right now...that ship has sailed. Right now,we are about as relevant as Colorado State. [/QUOTE]