In this world it does. The current trend amongst the big boys is to hire a HC from either the NFL, other big boy program HC, or elite DC/OC which are typically from big boy programs. Are you saying if Dan Lanning takes a HC job at SDSU, he would still land at Oregon? Or better yet, if Kirby Smart took a HC job at UTEP, he would still end up at Georgia? Who is to say that either of these guys would even have success at a G5?
Its atypical (not impossible) to find an elite DC/OC that sees an HC job at a lower level as a step up. If you are elite at your job, you want to compete with the best... you simply aren't going to be doing that at SDSU