Minnesota basketball coach Dan Monson, right, answers questions, as athletics director Joel Maturi looks on, after announcing his resignation earlier today during a news conference in Minneapolis. Monson resigned Thursday, one day after the Gophers' fifth straight defeat. Monson coached Gonzaga for two years until accepting the Minnesota job in July 1999. Click here. (AP Photo)

The line between ambition and overreaching is very fine.

Don Monson Idaho to Oregon
Dan Monson Gonzaga to Minnesota
Dennis Erickson Oregon State to 49ers
Dirk Koetter Boise State to Arizona State
Mike Price WSU to Alabama (I guess we'll never really know)
Gerry Faust that high-powered high school program to Notre Dame
Matt Millen Football Broadcaster to Detroit Lions president

You just get that feeling sometimes that some people are better off and more productive in a job with less prestige. I don't think there's anything wrong with that. Lou Holtz: never cut out to coach in the NFL; Coach K: happy at Duke: seems to have no serious NBA aspirations. If I were Mark Few I'd stay put. I find the idea that he "should" go to "a better job" or "go up to the next level" absurd. Often going up the ladder is a major step down -- Raymond Pert/Kellogg Bloggin.

DFO: Raymond Pert nailed it. In my small way, I made this decisions years ago when the opinion editor of the Tacoma News-Tribune called in search of a conservative bloviator. I asked him three questions: Did I have to wear a tie to work? Could I live within 5 minutes of the office? Is Tacoma as beautiful as Coeur d'Alene? Then, I made an observation: I have the best newspapering job in the state of Idaho. Can you beat that? I've never regretted remaining here.

Question: Are you happy where you're at? Or are you looking for greener fields elsewhere?

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