ASU Search - Cautiously Optimistic on Herm Smoke Screen

I know, I know...I'm probably way off here, and Herm will get hired, but there are so many things that don't make sense here.

1. If this was Anderson's guy, then he had to have had this in his mind for quite some time, and Herm should have had some sort of interaction with Dr. Crow (ASU Pres) before now. Also, if Anderson felt so strongly, then why hasn't Crow met with Edwards yet...why has the meeting taken so long to happen?

2. I still maintain that this is career suicide for Anderson if he makes this hire. It will ultimately fail, and probably in a big way as he's already outlined fairly lofty goals for the program...and then you bring in Herm Edwards? The frick?

3. It's odd that Anderson had said that he was not going to speak about the search, yet I guess he had no problem with Herm having diarrhea of the mouth and openly talking about it on ESPN.

Could Anderson have been using Herm as a mouthpiece to get ASU talked about on ESPN more than normal considering the big openings they were up against? Is there someone else that ASU is waiting to finish-up, but Anderson was trying to keep the ASU name being talked about (though it's not like it was good)? Herm and Anderson are close, and Herm has nothing to lose here if ASU winds-up offering this to someone else - Herm still looks relevant outside of ESPN, and he gets to keep his job at ESPN.

I don't know...

I know ASU is not a blue-blood, but we have a decent history, good recruiting pool, a beautiful new renovation to football op's and Sun Devil Stadium, and a large alumni base...the pieces are there to get someone good, but that someone should not be Herm Edwards.

For your troubles, here are a couple of ASU chicks on a boat: