[Goose]

He's probably an A-tier candidate at first glance, imo.  But if he doesn't show a willingness to recruit to Stanford's academic standards, and if he can't find a way to instill a winning football culture in line with high academic and character standards, then he'll be more of an $EC coach than a Stanford coach.

Puzzled by the above. He won at Vandy, for all intents and purposes not sacrificing the academic integrity of the school (unlike their current coach). Penn State, last I checked, isn't in the SEC.

I am puzzled by the idea he would be a candidate anywhere right now. The firing by Penn State is too recent. Maybe in a year or two the idea one would be hiring Penn State's rejects who basically "failed" will not be fresh in everybody's mind, but right now it is. Also, since he will be pulling in 7.8+/- million a year doing nothing, I would expect he would be quite selective in where he goes next. He has no reason to rush into anything. The "mitigation" situation with Penn State is still up in the air, as I understand it.  He may have absolutely no economic reason to take another job.

[Goose]

He's probably an A-tier candidate at first glance, imo.  But if he doesn't show a willingness to recruit to Stanford's academic standards, and if he can't find a way to instill a winning football culture in line with high academic and character standards, then he'll be more of an $EC coach than a Stanford coach.

Puzzled by the above. He won at Vandy, for all intents and purposes not sacrificing the academic integrity of the school (unlike their current coach). Penn State, last I checked, isn't in the SEC.

I am puzzled by the idea he would be a candidate anywhere right now. The firing by Penn State is too recent. Maybe in a year or two the idea one would be hiring Penn State's rejects who basically "failed" will not be fresh in everybody's mind, but right now it is. Also, since he will be pulling in 7.8+/- million a year doing nothing, I would expect he would be quite selective in where he goes next. He has no reason to rush into anything. The "mitigation" situation with Penn State is still up in the air, as I understand it.  He may have absolutely no economic reason to take another job.