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Posted on 10/6/21 at 9:43 pm to aggressor
Posted on 10/6/21 at 9:43 pm to aggressor
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We are actually a lot less stuck with Jimbo than we were with Fran.
We paid Fran $4 million, half of what we owed him, to go away after we got all sanctimonious about some bullshite. How were we stuck with him? And how does that even begin to compare to being on the hook for $80 million with jimbo?
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Posted on 10/6/21 at 10:10 pm to NanosTacoRun
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We paid Fran $4 million, half of what we owed him, to go away after we got all sanctimonious about some bullshite. How were we stuck with him? And how does that even begin to compare to being on the hook for $80 million with jimbo?
We owed Sumlin the entirety of his remaining contract within 2 months of his firing.
Posted on 10/7/21 at 10:34 am to NanosTacoRun
Dollars owned are only relevant in comparison to dollars made.
When we fired Fran the AD was literally having to take out loans in order to operate. The 2000s were dark. Hell there was talk about REDUCING the size of Kyle.
Now we are making about $50 mill per year in profit and going up. We have now crossed the threshold in terms of having the big classes that began in the '80s and '90s hitting prime donor years and a season ticket package with the SEC plus Texas is going to continue to have value long term.
Of course we aren't going to fire Jimbo next week and crank out a check for $90 million nor should we. That would be an insane thing to do. We will however be in a position that if we really had to we could fire him in the next couple of years. Understand though that if that happens Bjork is likely fired right next to him for pushing for that extension. We may have the money but there will be severe consequences for being irresponsible with it.
Compare that with LSU which is losing money and unless they start winning big they could be losing a lot more soon. Of course on tRant if you bring up LSU's money issues they get VERY upset and deny but the reality is they are overstretched and in real potential trouble. They don't have a bunch of really big dollar guys that can just bail them out endlessly and the demographics of Louisiana and LSU grads is not going in the right direction. They have to win.
When we fired Fran the AD was literally having to take out loans in order to operate. The 2000s were dark. Hell there was talk about REDUCING the size of Kyle.
Now we are making about $50 mill per year in profit and going up. We have now crossed the threshold in terms of having the big classes that began in the '80s and '90s hitting prime donor years and a season ticket package with the SEC plus Texas is going to continue to have value long term.
Of course we aren't going to fire Jimbo next week and crank out a check for $90 million nor should we. That would be an insane thing to do. We will however be in a position that if we really had to we could fire him in the next couple of years. Understand though that if that happens Bjork is likely fired right next to him for pushing for that extension. We may have the money but there will be severe consequences for being irresponsible with it.
Compare that with LSU which is losing money and unless they start winning big they could be losing a lot more soon. Of course on tRant if you bring up LSU's money issues they get VERY upset and deny but the reality is they are overstretched and in real potential trouble. They don't have a bunch of really big dollar guys that can just bail them out endlessly and the demographics of Louisiana and LSU grads is not going in the right direction. They have to win.
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