I still think what Currie has done here will go largely unnoticed by some of the big boys. He's probably blacklisted from the Tenn search for his involvement in the Kiffin and Pearl hires.
The fact that he hasn't hired/fired a single coach in his short-time at KSU is going to be a problem for him. Until he makes a few hires that pan out, I think he's our guy.
You can always find a good CFO to run your AD. Currie has a way of squeezing water from a rock in some regards, but a lot of the schools mentioned don't really have a big need to find money in the couch cushions like we do. However, they do have to have a guy capable of wooing big talent or finding good coaches, and the only hires on his resume (as an associate AD) have been tainted by NCAA scandal.
That's not to say he won't be looked at, but I think he's a good 2-3 years away from being considered a real candidate at some of these big schools. I also think that if push came to shove, Schulz would find a way to compensate him adequately so we'd be sheltered from most lateral moves.
