Now that Virginia Tech has fired head coach Brent Pry, they could be poised to make the same mistake the Nebraska football program made with Scott Frost. And the Hokies have been poised to make this mistake with Michael Vick for a while now.
Every struggling school wants to believe that the secret sauce in turning the program around is bringing in a famous, talented alum. It worked for Michigan with Jim Harbaugh. It worked for Northwestern with Pat Fitzgerald. Stanford is even trying it by bringing in Andrew Luck as its football GM.