In 2011, I was on here with ChrisB, when he was defending Kelly to the hilt, saying, as I always had, that this isn't the guy.
I'd be thrilled with Chris Petersen. You probably recall over the past weeks that I stated I would be fine with Gary Patterson. When I pointed outKelly is the 75th highest paid coach and that Patterson makes $3 million more at TCU, your response was that Kelly makes much more than his salary. Yeah, guess what? So does Patterson at TCU. And he and Petersen don't have to deal with ND admissions. They ain't coming.
Whittingham's record at Utah is mediocre, particularly since joinging the Pac 12, which itself is pretty mediocre. I'd take him over Fleck, though.
If we're going down to the sorts of names you have on that list, then just go with Skip. He's on course for a double-digit win season at La Tech, and they'll win their bowl game, as usual. It would spare us a coach rowing an imaginary boat on the sideline or bodysurfing, which is surely worth something in the aesthetics department.