Eight
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I don't think Sonny will be in a hurry to leave the state - his family, especially his wife, really want to stay in Texas from what I have been told directly and heard indirectly.
But I also don't think he has some love for a G5 job either - SMU won't have the money to compete with a P5 school financially. You aren't going to pay your football coach over half the money you get from the conference. In the end, I am guess he will be at SMU until a P5 job (or the right one) in and around the state of Texas comes calling.
I can't see a Dykes ever turning down Tech for example - and if he has a top candidate, I can't imagine them not offering him the job when it comes open next.
My only question is can he win long enough for one of those "ideal" jobs to open up and he still be a leading candidate.
interesting question you close with about the time it would take for the ideal job to open for him.
in respect to pay, morris was making just over $2M a year at smu and i would find it tough to believe sonny would get less.