re: ESPN: How much money is wasted on fired coaches? It just means more in the SEC.

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True, and as ridiculous as it may appear on the surface, the ROI for an elite coach is insane.

I'm guessing Saban has earned short of $100-million at Alabama, and the University has probably completed around $1-billion in campus improvements during that time.

Of course this isn't the case everywhere, but the ancillary money that a successful SEC coach brings into the program as a whole still far exceeds what they're paid.

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Managed properly, a program with a championship winning coach should bring enough goodwill that the program can get massive upgrades & facilities in the wake of championship seasons.

I always felt Auburn should've been able to build a football only facility after the '10 NC & Heisman season. The time was ripe for Chizik to have petitioned the BOT and gotten the thing funded and built. Hell, if the '10 season didn't get facility then Gus' 2013 NC appearance damn sure should've gotten it built. Why delay it?

If you don't strike while the iron is hot, pussy foot around and wait, time runs out and you're in catch-up mode compared to your rivals.