In the glory years we had 3 players simultaneously playing the best at their positions, of any players in the league. Two of those, Bruce and Tasker wind up being all-century players. The other, Thurman (and possibly the Kelly-Reed combo) was also at his production apex.
My point is, until we see talent that approaches this, it will be difficult to attract a decent coach. What we have collected is apparently a bunch of players that always seem to be snubbed in pro-bowl voting. What does that really tell you? It tells me that they haven't played well enough to even knock the current 'big name' off the hill, even though that 'big' has underperformed during the year. In fact, they're probably not even in the conversation because of the current state and reputation of the franchise.
And my guess would be that any of the top tier HC candidates would probably go to where the best chance of getting excellent QB play, or one with the best chance of bringing the next QB superstar into the league.
Think we'll be havin' a happier new year in 2013? I dunno either.