Like anyone would ever want to come here if we fire a guy after one season...
I hope you're being sarcastic. You show a guy enough $$$ and he could care less how long the last coach lasted.
This is borderline ridiculous. Let's say we give Chip a cool 8 mil. He comes here and coaches in 16'. Then, Texas gets tired of Strong. They offer Chip a cool 9 mil. He bolts for greener pasture. Is this really the cycle we want to get in? Harbaugh took probably the only college coaching gig he ever would have because it's his alma mater. If Nebraska offered him a similar deal, he more than likely stays in the pros. Saban already turned down a large sum of money when offered by Texas. Throwing money at a problem seldom fixes the problem. If it did, public education would be outstanding!
That's an awful lot of "what ifs." Bottom line is, money talks. Without the $, Harbaugh wouldn't be at Michigan, Saban wouldn't be at Bama, etc. They'd be somewhere else that was willing to pay top dollar for a premium coach, something we haven't shown the willingness to do.