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Aranda's best shot at a constant upswing of success leading to a P5 head coaching offer in the next 1-2 years is staying here with a talented defense that already knows his system. If that's what he wants, I think he stays. If he wants to be a career DC, then I would be worried, but we don't know that.

As good as he is, Texas' defense is a total overhaul in a league that will pile up numbers on him while he gets them going. It could be mid-way through year two before they start to look like what he built here in half that time. Again, it comes down to what his career trajectory is, but I most of these guys who can want to lead a program at some point. The safest and fastest path to that is staying right where he is.