I know this isn’t what any of y’all want to hear, but from an athletic department standpoint you can’t come off as “cheap” in this situation. Could you have probably low balled the shite out of his salary? Yes. But from an outside POV it looks really bad. Media would light us up and it would rub potential hires the wrong way for underpaying a guy even though he would have taken less. It’s still an SEC job requiring SEC level or work. All things considered it’s a discounted rate compared to the average power 5 salary.

ETA: we still come out ahead in terms or saving money but don’t get a black eye for being cheap asses with Luke’s current pay structure. Paying Luke $1M a year is a big frick you to him and shows you have 0 confidence in him. That’s not the message the university is trying to send.

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Posted by matthew25

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Posted on 11/27/17 at 10:43 pm to olemissfan26

Yeah, but lets' first hire a SEC caliber coach.

Matt would not be in the top half of JC coaches in Mississippi.

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Posted by rebelcommodore

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Posted on 11/27/17 at 11:34 pm to olemissfan26

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Yes. But from an outside POV it looks really bad. Media would light us up and it would rub potential hires the wrong way for underpaying a guy even though he would have taken less.

This is stupid because they can't think we are cheap but the second we offer a potential successor a much higher pay check he stops caring what you paid luke.

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