re: If Les wins the MNC, does he stay at LSU or go Pro?

Not that what I said in any way argued with what you said, except to say that it is good business even when it doesn't work out. You sort of hid the ball with your response to my post.

I responded to the Saban hire should warn people off of college coaches. There are coaches that win at both levels. Walsh was a good coordinator, won at Stanford, won in the NFL, then won at Stanford again. He could coach both games, just like Coughlin. You throw out JJ because of the time horizon without pointing out that the college to pro jump doesn't happen frequently. Then you dismiss Harbaugh as an outlier by begging the question.

Bottom line is, there are huge success stories, huge failures, and it is good business for teams to dabble in college coaches regardless of whether the move pans out.