‘Time became a foe of teams seeking head coaches, and that was no fault of Donahoe. He’s facing the prospect of losing Dick LeBeau, his assistant head coach, to the Steelers, who want to make him defensive coordinator. Mularkey also is partial to LeBeau, and sources say Weis would have been, as well. The longer the vacancy existed the greater the chance LeBeau takes the sure thing and flees to Pittsburgh.’