Because people still think ttun is still a "destination job." They forget that the 2007 and 2011 searches were largely debacles and the end result was burying them further. Simple Jim was considered a "home run hire" at the time, but the fact is he was essentially fired from his previous job and it was more good timing than anything. And while he has steadied them somewhat, bringing them back to their historical norm, the results have been very far from a "home run." I think it's far from a guarantee that they can move on from Jimbo and land a coach that can do better than 9-4 every year. In fact, the last 12 years have proven that it's far more likely they actually regress and struggle even worse. It's a dinosaur program that has won 1/2 a NC since the forward pass became a thing and haven't won a conference title in a decade and a half. Kids these days see them as a team that's hyped up every single year and falls short of expectations every single year. They see a program that isn't on the same field as their chief rival and often get embarrassed in The Game. If they want to jump to the next level, they need their own Urban Meyer to come in and totally modernize everything they do from the top down and I don't see one of those guys out there.
If they could convince Fleck to come, it's not the guaranteed success that an Urban Meyer brings. Yes, he's done a nice job at lower-level jobs, but his recruiting is an unknown. A boss recruiter is what they need above anything else. And while Fleck has done nicely at WMU and Minny, the pressure he'd be under at tsun is a whole other level. Rich Rodriguez did a lot of good things at WVU, but couldn't survive the pressure cooker of a program with championship expectations. Tom Herman is comparable and he's struggling badly at Texas. Coaches with smaller program pedigrees are always a wildcard.
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oh yea DFBIA would claim that they are destined for the NC after beating a fringe top 25 team to start the season. Even more false hope after playing 2 blood money games.
