OTHER CANDIDATES INCLUDE SEVERAL PEOPLE WHO, AS A MATTER OF MATH, WOULD LIKELY HAVE BEEN BETTER HIRES
I don't know who's responsible for determining what should and shouldn't be archived on the Internet, but I'm glad KXLY in Spokane made sure this 2007 news clip was preserved for future generations. Without it, you might have forgotten that Washington State considered John L. Smith (then newly fired from Michigan State) and Kevin Sumlin (who took the Houston job a year later).
Instead, they went with Paul Wulff, who gave them nine wins in four seasons.