Eleven Warriors

I think Luke stays a Buckeye for this next year, maybe longer. If I was in his shoes, I'd stay to see how long Urbin coaches the Buckeyes. He might be able to have the best of all worlds in 4 or 5 years as the next OSU Head coach.

I am concerned.  The impact that it could have on what is shaping up to be a tremendous recruiting class with he and Vrabel gone (I assume he would follow) could be significant.

Luke did a great job this year keeping things together and I give him all the credit in the world for that. But from a coaching perspective? He clearly, without a doubt, isn't ready to be running the show. 

His battle with proper usage of timeouts/ general game management was a weekly issue for most of the season. A football head coach at the top level of college football should grasp schemes and concepts effectively to the extent that they can influence the direction and flow of the game. The Illinois game is all you need to look at to see that Luke isn't quite ready for the responsibility, and honestly, I don't know if he ever will be. 4 Passing attempts total?? Evidence supports that he was not able to adapt to situations on the field.

There are numerous coaches who make great coordinators, and yet never transition well to the head coaching role. College football history is full to the brim of such examples, and I think Luke falls into that category. This isn't meant to take anything away from Luke as a coach, because he's a good coordinator and a great recruiter, but I don't think the head coach mantle is cut out for him, at Pitt or at OSU in the futrure, and even though his "dream" may be to be a head coach, I think (hope) he realizes that. 

@thirdleglouie while I agree with many of your thoughts, I think the same argument could have been made about Jim Tressel after his first year at YSU (they went 2-9). I bet there were many who thought JT was "in over his head" after that one year and he grew into an all time great. One year with a staff that he didn't pick (as well as the many other circumstances) doesn't mean that he will never be a good/great one.

I'd be worried if I thought he was irreplaceable, but I don't and he isn't.

I think he'd be crazy not to take the job if offered: it's a head coaching job in a BCS conference; a place where it's been shown you can win big;  main in-state rival in utter disarray; close proximity to the recruiting haunts he already knows. And if Urban proves to be a short-timer here, the Buckeye job will always be there for Fickell should he be a success with the Panthers.