IMO, the only reason to make this move so early is:
1. Osborne said Frost is ready to come here
or
2. we're finally ready to spend the big bucks to get a real coach. (stoops, kelly, les)
oregon game was a disaster defensively, and northern ill game was a disaster on offense.
we just need to get both sides of the ball to play great at the same time.
there's no reason we can't roll over rutgers/illinois then throw our best shot at wisconsin in front of a ruckus crowd.
am i right?
kelly is getting 6 mil per year until 2019 by the 49ers if he doesn't take another coaching job, so it'd take a 6 or 7 year 40 mil deal to actually get him to come here.
for 5 mil a year i think he would be okay with answering reporter questions after practice and doing a few speeches at booster dinners. he can hire assistants to recruit.