GoBucks89: "It's called the lure of a new challenge. Doing something you've never done before. Climbing to the summit of the football world. And that summit, my friends, is the Super Bowl."
If Carroll gets offered an NFL job, he'll take it. The salary discrepancy between NFL Head coaches and College Head Coaches is so drastic that its too much money to pass down .. It has nothing to do with coaching in the Super Bowl, or new challenges, or media acclaim, or power, or control .. its all about the Benjamins.
That's why Spurrier bolted his dream job in Florida, why Bill Parcells/Joe Gibbs/Dick Vermeil came out of retirement, and why Nick Saban left LSU .. they're throwing boatloads of money at head coaches right now. Its too much money to turn down.
The most a college coach is going to get paid is $2 million a year. In the NFL, the top coaches get paid in the realm of $6 million plus per season. $2m may be a heap of money, but its a big difference from the salary in the pros.
If Carroll's smart, he'll stay at USC. He's a rich man already, and will make a great salary for the rest of his career. Money is one thing, but if you already have it, there's no need to derail a certain HOF college coaching career for "more money."