Some of you may be delighted to hear that there have been some murmurs around the past few days that Murphy may be considering retirement. I personally am not buying into it (at this point anyway), but the whispering reminds me a bit of the whispering near the end of the football season about Saban retiring (that most everyone, including myself, pretty much dismissed). The situation has some parallels to that one too, which will be evident if it were to happen. Before some of you get too excited though, it is really nothing more than soft chatter which often times is meaningless... and also often times, tends to pop up in situations like this. But, it's the first time I've ever heard it in regards to him. Also, and I feel adamant about this still, he's not getting fired. The options are: He retires, he stays but makes significant staff changes, or he stays with little or no staff changes. If it ends up being door #3, I do think he will go into next season with a good bit of heat on him. And in that situation, my eyes and attention will be on the booster club type backers of the program.