A possible Plan B
TFB -- ......A source close to upper administration at UT shared with me some concerns about other coaching options and their potential view on the Texas job should the Longhorns be forced to expand their search.
The source started off saying they do not believe the University has done a good job handling the situation. Shocking right? In addition, they stated that by Texas putting all of their eggs in the Urban Meyer basket, it was setting Texas up for failure if Meyer said no.
While Texas is still a very attractive college football coaching job, the Longhorns will have to combat potential coaching hires knowing they were second options and/or back-up plans.
There was a vote of confidence in Athletic Director Chris Del Conte mentioned by the source. However, the publicity of the Urban coaching search has not been met with much approval, specifically with Meyer being able to essentially pick his price.
While I believe the chance of Urban pursuing the Texas HC position with faux interest as minute, that topic has been discussed according to the source.
If Texas were to miss on Urban, the source indicated that Florida HC Dan Mullen would be under serious consideration to be the next head coach at Texas. Currently, Mullen is 7–1 right now and has Florida ranked sixth in the country.
With all this said, the source concluded with Texas landing Urban at a 60-40 confidence scale