--- Rocket: I guess the sports stats people don't count drag racing among the Big Four (or Five) pro sports. Force definitely is one.

--- Ned: I think Darlington should get three races.

--- Retired: I want to see the Cars of Yesterday -- Jalopies on the beach!

--- Doc: Do they make muffs with Dale Earnhardt Jr.'s car number on them?

--- Laker: Welcome to my choir.

--- Johnny: You mean like the experience running D-I programs that Jim Weaver, Charlie Cavagnaro and Mike Hamrick brought to UNLV? :)

--- Sufferin: Those blue seats weren't TKM's call.

---h82lose. Thanks for the compliment. But just to play devil's advocate on recruiting local players, part of the joy of college is getting away from your parents and such, so I understand if UNLV has trouble keeping some of the good ones from leaving. But there is no excuse for NOT TRYING to get them to stay home, which has been the case way too often.

unlvrebs: Who's got the pitch man? Who's got the pitch man?

lvs: Nice observation. Go 5-1 vs. UNR, get a practice field. Go 0-5 vs. UNR, do not pass go, do not collect $200. (But do collect your buyout on the way out).

--- Reb4life: Great honor for J. Robinson.

--- logic: Good point but J. Robinson did beat Arkansas 31-14 in the Las Vegas Bowl when he was here and went 5-1 vs. UNR.

--- Tony: I've heard worse ideas than Dirk Koetter. Maybe if he built something here he wouldn't be so quick to leave it behind this time.

---gorebels: I actually think M. Sanford is a decent offensive coach. I agree that the players, based on their comments, refused to crawl out from under the bus (where he repeatedly threw them) to play for him.

--- nyr. The serpent beguiled me and I did write. Thanks!

--- C'mon Rosegreen. Show a little love for the fullback on the dive play. :)

This was a good day for the peanut gallery. Most of you guys would do well in debate club.

After reading what all of you have to say, I think UNLV's next/last plan of attack for hiring a football coach should be to go after the Urban Meyer-type when he was Urban Meyer of Bowling Green. Maybe it wouldn't generate a lot of excitement at his press conference or at the season-ticket window but you wouldn't have to pay a ton of Simoleans to get him.

Just load up his contract with performance-based incentives and tell him to go earn those bonuses.

Running the option is optional.

Thanks for reading and writing.

Hire Larry Kehres! Beat Wisconsin Whitewater! Gotta love it ...

Rebelx--

Well I said UNLV has tried "just about everything" when it comes to a coach. You are right -- identifying one on its own has not been tried.

But that probably takes money, too.

Or at least a fair amount of foresight.

--- nyr: Interesting post, as usual.

What I am saying is they've tried just about everything when it comes to coaches. What they haven't tried is throwing some serious cash at the program and see if that sticks.

But here's the deal. Coaches are almost always judged on the belief that all things are equal and as you can see by that little budget chart, they so rarely are.

Of course, Mike Sanford had to know that before he accepted the job, didn't he?