Who would be in that position?
It doesn't even make sense form a money standpoint.
"Nussmeier is in the second year of a three-year, $1.545 million deal with a planned $15,000 increase for year two. He goes up to $540,000 in year three and can receive a $300,000 retention bonus ahead of the 2017 season."
If we had fired him after 2016, assuming we owe him his full 2017 salary, that costs us $540k. If we retain him for 2017 we lose $300k right off the bat.
Seems to me it makes more sense that maybe they didn't have any good OC prospects that were interested?