When we do have a vacancy, the key is finding someone who will view this job as a destination and not a stepping stone. Even if we did land Herman instead of Muschamp, there was no way he was going to be here for longer than 3 years. He was always ultimately going to end up at Texas or Texas A&M. He was supposedly having communication with LSU at the time as well. Timing will also be crucial. We don't want it to be in a year when many other SEC (or Power 5 in general) schools have vacancies. As much as people wanted Muschamp fired last year, we would've had to compete with Ole Miss, Miss St, FSU, Arkansas, Washington, Washington St, Baylor, Boston College, and Michigan State, among others. Not to say that we couldn't compete with any of those schools for a particular coach, but that's some stiff competition. Check back in 6 years and see how many of those coaches are still there. I wasn't a fan of the Muschamp hire, but on paper he seemed like a good fit for USC. Herman and Smart used us as a pawn to get their dream jobs. I've heard that Lincoln Riley wanted the job, but Tanner didn't think he had the experience. I don't know how factual that is, but if that's true, we flat out swung and missed there. Muschamp appreciated the fact that he was getting a 2nd chance in the SEC, and I was at least willing to give him the benefit of the doubt that he could use Florida as a learning experience. So far, it hasn't worked out. I'm not saying he should remain our coach after this year, I'm just saying that when you a hire a new coach, the probability is higher that you'll end up with a Muschamp, Taggert, Bielema, Davis (Butch), McElwain, Zook, or Pelini than you will a Saban, Meyer, Mullen, Stoops, or Swinney.
