The UC system is limited in what we can pay (it's closer to competitive now, but we can't just drop $6 mil or so to blow someone away on money), the athletic department is admittedly behind the times, and the fan base is big and demanding but not exactly rabid. Plus the Rose Bowl and Pauley aren't exactly in convenient locations for a lot of people who want to go to games. Who, out of coaches who actually have options, are willing to leap into that? Which basically leaves us with 2nd tier choices or coaches on the rebound.

That being said... UCLA will always get talent and you have a fantastic recruiting base and anyone who's reasonably talented as a coach can win games.