Raiders hired Pete Carroll last year. If BB has a good season at UNC, it totally plausible some team that thinks they're close to a Super Bowl could hire him to take them the last step. Bills just hired the young Joe Brady. What if he totally ***** the bed? BB could be real attractive to them. The Jets will almost certainly fire Aaron Glenn next year.. BB would be a good hire to stop that clown show there. Although he jilted the Jets before so he'd probably not want it.
Point is, he's still an active coach. I believe Bill Walsh was not first ballot for similar reasons. He coached at Stanford after the 49ers. Bill Walsh is one of the most influential coaches in history. Nobody kicked and creamed like toddlers when that happened.