Other than Saban, Henry, and Bertman...

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I think LSU has one hell of a BBall coach in Trent Johnson...I think he will do big things @ LSU..

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Agreed. It would not surprise me at all if O'Keefe was fired for rushing to extend Miles' contract when the Michigan rumors were swirling. The irony of the whole situation is that Miles was given a raise, longer contract and larger buyout and Michigan did not once call him.

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which coach in recent memory has had a legitimate shot at being lured away by another program?

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Obviously my memory is better in football than anywhere else. Further, we had Henry, Brown and Bertman for much of my adult life, so here gos:

-Arnsparger was hired away to be an AD, but returned to coaching (albeit in the NFL). Is 20 years ago recent memory?

-Shanghai and Beijing considered hiring Curley Hallman to run their fire safety and prevention division. (Curley was also considered by several organizations to help remove urine from industrial footwear. However, he was unable to accept unless it was guaranteed that detailed instructions would be printed on the underside of the footwear.)

-Dinardo was definitely considered by Notre Dame, but they hired Bob Davie, instead.

-Obviously Miles was strongly, strongly considered by Michigan after last season.

Miles had no shot at Michigan because they never called. A pretty detailed article came out that explained how Miles' agent kept calling Michigan but the calls were never returned. Essentially he wasn't on the long or short list.

Fast forward one year and we are stuck with a longer contract, higher salary, and bigger buyout much like we were with Brady after the Final 4. Call it O'Keefe's lasting legacy.