Skip Holtz Snubs Syracuse: Now What?

Various North Carolina media outlets and recruiting websites are reporting that East Carolina head coach Skip Holtz has rebuffed an offer to become head football coach at Syracuse . The proposed deal is reported to have been somewhere in the neighborhood of $12 million and I've heard the figure of $2 million per year bandied about, leading me to believe this could have been a five- or six-year deal. That is quite a generous offer to turn down if it's true, making me wonder what Skip has in mind for his future. Auburn still has a head coaching vacancy to fill, a place that Holtz probably finds more appealing, but there has been no official word of that school contacting him. The bottom line is that Skip Holtz is probably very comfortable staying in Greenville, NC for at least another season, knowing full well that other opportunities will most likely present themselves in the future, especially if he continues to have the type of success he's having at ECU. There is no word on why exactly he ... (link)