Say he really is burned out and in need of a break, but decides to take the State job. He doesn't put any effort into recruiting or coaching, and just coasts along until we have to get rid of him. It'll just be more fodder for the armchair idiots who get us confused with Mississippi to talk about "how difficult it is to win at Mississippi State."
If Tommy Tubberville can't win at MSU, blah blah blah.