Our image nationally is way worse than we think. Fan base included. We are not a power on or off the field anymore. WE will have earn position in the peckng order again. No one is going to give us anything until we earn something. Throw all the money in the world at Urban or Stoops, they are not coming here right now. This job requires alot of work and time hitting the recruiting trails. Offer them alot of money, offer them what ever they want, but this job is tougher now than ever. Notre Dame losing today keeps that door open. They won't wait and see what happens. If they lose another game or two, Urban will go there next season. Stoops is not interested in coaching college football again. Better be happy if we could get Leipold, Klieman, or O'Brien to even listen to an offer. I think we are further away than ever.
Truth be told. We have tried to get bigger names, and have failed. We have offered to big time guys, and been shunned. Why did we end up with Callahan? Pelini? Riley? Frost is the only guy who wanted this job and it may have cost him a career. He won games at UCF. He turned around a program. He did it with his guys coaching. Most of them were forced out of here by our leaders or fan base. We like to beat on him for hiring his buddies, but from what I am seeing his buddies were better coaches than what he replaced them with. Really, think about it. At least we won 4 games in one season with Frost's buddies. No one see's this job as a great one, even assistant coaching positions. We are not getting elite talent from any angle. Coaches or players.