...a DC turned HC worked perfectly. But BRONCO has changed or maybe took the success the wrong way because he no longer coaches the way he once did. Maybe his recruits aren't the same as what he had with Lavelle and Gary's? I don't know. I don't care. I care about the fact that our current HC has had his success and now has showed me nothing to give me hope that we will become better after sliding to RELATIVE mediocrity. (Before your start citing that we still have a winning record, thanks to weak scheduling)

What's the big deal? Most coaches need a change of scenery. Look at the top programs in the county and see the coaching carousel. Urb, Les, Nick, Bret, Strong, Sark (jury is still out but he's "bouncing around"), Chris Peterson, Spurrier...

5 years is a long time at one program. The only coaches who stay ten or more are either 1) "tenured", so to speak, like Joe Pa and Edwards or 2) are still winning at a high level. Look what happened to Mack Brown.

So I don't know why you who seem to act like Bronco is your uncle have accepted a fairly mediocre standard and are so narrow focused that you can't see that it is completely normal for changes after a once very successful program has backslid for half a decade. It is not an attack on Bronco. I think if he was released, he would find success wherever he went because he would be hungry again. (And wouldn't be shackled with BYU recruiting weights)

Personally, I think he could come in as a DC at a very high profile program, make half again his salary and win.

Scratch your "#2" requirement and there is a very healthy short list for the job.

If Bronco is truly as humble, charitable and submissive as he preaches he wants his players to be, he would recognize that maybe taking a demotion to DC and bringing in a successful OC as HC to "try" would be best for the program. But we all know he would never take that demotion as much as so many of us would love. He's a GREAT defensive coordinator. He is now a mediocre head coach. I wish he would coach at his strengths.