Jim did great things at San Diego, and Stanford. He had a great thing going at Stanford, he should have stayed put there.
I don’t understand the mentality that these big name coaches have. They have a ton of success somewhere, then just can’t help but do the risky thing and take on a rebuilding project at a place with a ton of money. 90% of the time they fail miserably and don’t ever get back to where they were before.
IF you are making more than enough money to live off of, and you have a great thing going at work, DO NOT switch jobs just because of money.
The only coach I know of that has gone from place to place to place and always been successful is Urban Meyer. There have been a few others that have maken the leap from relatively small to big time, and done well with that one leap… but usually guys fail after the second leap.