I just can't see Mario taking the job. Former blue bloods that have been churning through coaches in hopes of returning to glory will probably have to go the Sarkisian route, I can't really see any head coach who has spent years building their programs or their resume throw themselves into a pressure cooker where if they don't succeed in the first 1-2 years they are consistently on the hot seat. Maybe if you pay them/incentivize Saban or Dabo money they would reconsider.
Gettleman is just too easy to pick on though. Everyone knows he should have been out of a GM job for at least a year or two at this point. But he seems to have serious backing from parts of the organization that should be most skeptical.
Seems like a pretty obvious pick. However, I'm also suggesting his coach stays and I'd have a feeling if he's gone the Giants will clean house on Judge and Jones for better or worse. I could see Chris Grier axed if the Dolphins miss and the offensive line woes are awful. That team needs to protect Tua, and might need an Andrew Berry type to finish the rebuild. But I also can see Flores being immune at this point, especially if that defense still functions well.
You can say this about the ego of most GMs, but with Gettleman... it was literally out of this world. The guy literally thinks he's the smartest guy in the room and would talk down to Albert Einstein if he could. It's really no wonder he was hired by a douchebag owner who was also extremely condescending to Peyton Manning.
To be fair, he did GM a Super Bowl team... that already had the vast majority of the good players and all of the franchise players drafted by his predecessor.
He got a pass last year with Covid and having players opt out like Chase and losing Joe Brady to the Panthers. This year, I see him on the hot seat. If LSU believes that they should be in the same category as Georgia and Alabama, then they should consider a move.
