In the world in which we live, there may be no job as visible and open to public scrutiny than that of a football coach at the professional or college level. Every hire, every quote, every decision they make often get nitpicked. Every coach seems to be hired to be fired, and every coach is expected to always be above reproach.
Ask Mike Price and no telling how many others.
This week, Dan Mullen ended up becoming part of the story about the Miami Hurricanes head coaching vacancy. This story really started a few days before the Egg Bowl when reports, without much substance, started surfacing that Mullen was interested in the jobs at Virginia Tech, Virginia, and Maryland.