Might not be a bad idea.
Macky has no experience but having an SU guy who will stay long term would be ideal. Kinda like FSU will do with Deion. We can pay $2M to a figure head HC who is a representative and face of the program, and a cheerleader of sorts. Then with the $1.5M saved from a cheap HC salary we can pay for a good OC, a good DC, and a good STC. You keep HC continuity and recruiting connections long term, and replace OCs every so often instead of HCs.
Macky isn't the guy for this but it could work with someone else. It might give us a better chance long term. If you hire the next best thing as HC, they will be gone in a few years. Then you are left trying to find another HC, which is a crap shoot.
I wouldn't mind Don McPherson, who is a great representative of SU. Or Rob Moore, who is in coaching at least. This is assuming Dino fails and we cannot get Marrone.