McElwain could have ruled in Fort Collins for the next 10-15 years, but he decided to chase a bigger job. With bigger jobs comes bigger money, and bigger consequences. I didn't really blame him for leaving CSU for Florida, because that's one of the best college coaching gigs anywhere... but you reap what you sow. He left a place he could have been comfortable and successful for years, and traded it for a job where he'd have virtually no margin for error. And it seems he used up that margin pretty fast.