"There are certainly quite a few better coaches out there than Bronco." Overall, there may be some but for BYU specifically, there certainly aren't "Quite a few better coaches out there than Bronco." BYU is a unique situation for a football coach. Few, if any, could do the job as well as Bronco has.

Recruiting is obviously the big handicap to coaching the Cougars. BYU will always recruit the best LDS athletes available as a priority. Then supplement with a few non-LDS players. Seldom will any BYU recruit be a top national recruit. That wouldn't be good enough for most coaches.

Sure, there are more experienced and accomplished football coaches. But not a lot of them. And the requirements for a BYU head coach shrinks the field to a very few possibilities. And how many of those would take the BYU job? Maybe none. Probably Andy Reid would not take the BYU job in the unlikely event that it should ever be offered to him. There is no indication Bronco is leaving any time soon anyway.

The most ambitious and successful coaches couldn't live with BYU's recruiting and other requirements and restrictions. They know they need the top recruits to be successful. But even if it were possible to recruit nationally prominent players, they won't even consider coming to BYU anyway. Who wants to come to Provo when there are so many more notable football programs to play for?

KWhit is a good example of the kind of coach who meets BYU standards but wouldn't take the BYU job. He was actually hired by BYU and was BYU's first choice when Bronco was hired. But he knew he was better off at Utah for a variety of reasons. Those same reasons will keep the big-time coaches from coming to BYU.

BYU couldn't find that big-time coach when Crowton was fired. He was supposed to be a big-time coach but only turned into a big-time failure at BYU because he didn't understand and couldn't deal with the BYU culture. To replace him, the best available was Bronco. A few years from now, when Bronco decides to move on, who will coach at BYU? Who knows? But it's not likely to be a nationally prominent coach.

If you believe Andy Reid is ever going to be the head coach at BYU, you might as well believe in Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy too.