This is just some unfinished thought I had bouncing in my skull.

Louisville, which recently raised the salary of their head football coach Bobby Petrino, is going to have to sweat it out whether he will be spirited away to LSU. Doesn’t matter that his salary will be nearly $1 million per year. LSU can and will offer more if they decide he is their guy.

Why bring this up? Well, one of the big arguments everyone advanced for bringing in Wannstedt or someone like him (Cavanaugh, Sunseri) was that he was a Pitt guy. A guy from the area. Played at Pitt, coached at Pitt. And all of that is great.

But what if he does everything we hope he does in a few years? Gets Pitt back to national contention. Shows no signs of being a one season wonder. Recruiting is yearly top-15. What happens if Miami under Larry Coker continues to fall short of national title contention? Wanny was a top assistant and recruiter there. He won a national championship with Jimmy Johnson. Now at Pitt, he showed he can win at the college level. Think they wouldn’t make a run at him. Why wouldn’t he at least listen? He must have some feelings left over for the area and the school. And you know Miami would be perfectly willing to throw the money for a coach.

Arguably, even at his introductory press conference he left wiggle room to leave someday, by saying “I would plan on this being my last coaching stop.” It is the plan now, but things change later.

I’m not trying to be negative. I’m very happy with the hire. But lets stay realistic. His ties and roots may help, but they do not assure he will never leave. Just as they don’t assure success.