Clearly Dan is not giving us a dynasty here and lacks certain skills to run a program. Maybe he slips into playoff once, but who is out there? I am still amazed there are not more great coaches. I mean in past ten years its Dabo and Saban first tier and what, Lincoln Riley? Urban, when he is coaching. But he brings other issues. Other than that, who?
So many “great” assistants moved up over years or coaches with past experience (See Richt, Muschamp (x2) Novell, Herman, Kelly, Frost, Harbaugh to name a few ) and they cant get it done. Running a college program takes so much skill involving leadership, organization, mentoring, being a boss of a huge staff, recruiter, babysitter, father figure, PR and marketing, fundraising etc.
In the 90s there was always like five to seven coaches that seemed to have thier teams in the mix: Spurrier, Bowden, Osborne, Paterno, Holtz, Fulmer. In 2000s it started to wittle down, it was who, Urban, Tressel, Carroll? Now its just Dabo and Saban.
so while I cant see Dan here for long, not sure i see the next big thing out there.