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[quote author=stupac2 link=topic=13826.msg144878#msg144878 date=1448926484]
So I don't see it.

LSU, Georgia and VA Tech have openings.  Under Stanford Control alums were about to learn their true place in the college football universe.  The program would have needed to hire a coach demanding mega dollars.  That coach likely would have relatively little West Coast recruiting experience.  The Under Stanford Control search could have included rejections by coaches that would opt for other openings.

This way they get a coach the players love, a coach with knowledge of the West Coast recruiting, and importantly the alums are not confronted with brutal evidence that the Under Stanford Control job is not even one of the 10 best gigs in the land.

See it now?
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I see why Haden would want the hire, and I sort of understand the impulse of fans to rationalize it, but I don't see any indication that it's actually a good one. That's what I meant.

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[quote author=stupac2 link=topic=13826.msg144878#msg144878 date=1448926484]
So I don't see it.

LSU, Georgia and VA Tech have openings.  Under Stanford Control alums were about to learn their true place in the college football universe.  The program would have needed to hire a coach demanding mega dollars.  That coach likely would have relatively little West Coast recruiting experience.  The Under Stanford Control search could have included rejections by coaches that would opt for other openings.

This way they get a coach the players love, a coach with knowledge of the West Coast recruiting, and importantly the alums are not confronted with brutal evidence that the Under Stanford Control job is not even one of the 10 best gigs in the land.

See it now?
[/quote]

I see why Haden would want the hire, and I sort of understand the impulse of fans to rationalize it, but I don't see any indication that it's actually a good one. That's what I meant.