re: How bad will the melt be if Jimbo goes to aTm

You are grossly simplifying and understating Oregeron's role on the staff.

There is one hell of a lot that goes into running the football program, including compliance, academics, recruiting, facilities, reporting, staffing , payroll and budgeting, program liaison and public relations, to name but a few.

Orgeron has a big job conducting the executive and administrative affairs of the football program, while setting the tone and being responsible for program trajectory and competitiveness.

As for Aranda, he is on schedule to be making $3m yr as Assoc HC and DC. His payroll will no doubt accelerate more precipitously than Orgeron's, to the point of relative equivalency over the next 3-5 years.

I believe Oregeron and Aranda are essentially a package, an identity or continuity within the program, with the variable occurring at OC.

I don't see Aranda going anywhere, anytime soon. Indeed, I believe Orgeron will leave before Aranda.