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[QUOTE="Townie72, post: 2988209, member: 780"]
I'd like to see the criteria that were used. I'm guessing there wasn't much science in them. I wouldn't take this any more seriously than I would take their pre-season rankings. (Where were Texas Tech and Auburn ranked pre-season anyway? In 2003, SU was ranked where?)

I'll tell you this with some certainty because I have watched any number of these coaching searches.

1. The fans of the programs always over-rate the attractiveness of the job and almost immediately suggest the best coaches or the currently "hottest" ones. (And are shocked when either these coaches say they aren't interested or the AD doesn't even bother to pursue because he knows there is no interest or no hope in getting him. Or they are not about to wreck the whole coaching salary structure by offering tons of money even if they can afford it.

2. The Search Consultants always include names that are "stretches". It's all part of the game. They are collecting a fee, remember.

3. When it comes down to the end, there's always major settling for less than the most optimistic wanted.

The desirability of the job has nothing to do with how good the program is and everything to do with the candidate's assessment of how hard it will be to maintain the program at its current level and maybe even improve on that.

He's literally betting his career he can do as well as JB or better. If it's a big jump in salary and visibility, a coach might want the job.
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