So the word is that Grimes wanted autonomy in writing. Nixed. Riley said no thank you while leveraging them for a raise. Longo's agent used their interest to get an aggressive deal done elsewhere.
Who else would be an inspired hire? Who would go there?
At this point, seems like they have 4 options:
1) Hire someone super desperate - Petrino would fit this
2) Hire someone really young at less monied program but showing promise - someone like Zach Kittley, I guess
3) Hire a retread looking to collect a paycheck, a la Dickey - Montgomery fits this
4) Moneywhip the absolute shit out of someone and do the aggie thing where they overpay to such a degree that it resets salary expectations for coordinators in college football - Grimes, Monken, Kendal Briles, on and on
I've said this reminds me of Mackovic being "given a blank check" and coming back with Gary Darnell and then Bobby Jack Wright. The longer this carries on, the more it heads in the direction of number 3, and that seems like what Fisher has wanted all along. Maybe he does us the hilarious big move of elevating Addazio to OC "with playcalling duties".