Coaching search should go this way....

While Miles decides whether he should go to Michigan or notAleva needs to start making discreet inquiries about possible replacements

Forget Patterson, Petersen, Gruden, Del Rio etc.

We look at coaches in mid tier BCS program

We offer :
1. Mullen ( if you can win in Moo State, you can win at LSU ). But I doubt he comes.

2. Mike Sherman ( Green Bay packers HC for 5 years, Winning record in the NFL as a HC, has done well at A&M in another group of death with Texas, Oklahoma, Will run a pro-style offense which suits us well, some Texas experience recruiting, knows and values Mett)

We offer them Les' salary and also pay whatever buyout.

If they do not bite, we are in serious trouble.


Then we look at the second tier.

Malzahn, Butch Davis and Mike Leach.

Davis:
I do not know if Butch Davis will come. Great program builder. If he does it is good hire but could easily lead to probation. That's the worst possible thing.
I say NO. This is not a gangster program. Here we carry ourselves with class.

Mike Leach:
Mike Leach at least is a more or less clean coach and a great offensive mind. But of course he makes Miles look like Ronald Reagan as a communicator.

Malzahn: Has been a coordinator for 5 years. But no HC experience, no NFL experience. Scepter of Mike Archer comes to mind. But Mike Archer was 34, Malzahn is 45. Meyer was make HC at Florida at a younger age. We know he is a great offensive mind. But can he recruit? Can he manage other activities?

There is no safe choice here. I would go with Malzahn, if he turns down 3.75M then we go for Leach.