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re: The criticism of Brian Kelly is interesting
Posted on 5/9/24 at 3:13 pm to DawginSC
Posted on 5/9/24 at 3:13 pm to DawginSC
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No, you have to attempt to sell him on how much more he'll make in the NFL by coming to your school despite making less in NIL, how much a degree from your school is worth, how he'll likely win a national title at your school, how cool your fans are, how loud your stadium is or whatever you think justifies him taking less money than he can get elsewhere to come to your school.
If you don't have enough to sell him or you have enough but are unable to sell him... you have to offer more money if you want him.
You have to sell something to have a guy take 500 grand at your school if another is offering a million. What reasonable person is going to take half the money unless you offer something else to offset that? That's not his job to take less, it's your job to CONVINCE him to take less.
Have you considered that all of this could have been done and Williams still picked the money now?
I don't blame him. Judging by his production against teams with a pulse, $1.5 million is probably the most he'll ever make.
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Posted on 5/9/24 at 3:21 pm to wadewilson
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Have you considered that all of this could have been done and Williams still picked the money now?
I don't blame him. Judging by his production against teams with a pulse, $1.5 million is probably the most he'll ever make.
It very well could have.
But demeaning players for taking more money (which is basically what Kelly did) is a quick way to poison the well for future players. The reality is for transfers, money IS going to be a big part of it. Blaming the player for taking more money by saying "yeah, he's not our kind of guy because he just wanted a bigger paycheck".
Listen, the players SHOULD take the bigger paycheck unless you can convince him of a good reason to take less. A player taking more to go elsewhere rather than taking less to go to your school isn't a failure in the character of the player. It's a failure on the coaches part for not offering more or not convincing him to come to your school despite offering less.
Blaming a player for taking more money is really stupid because it makes a lot of sense to take more money. It makes the coach doing so look bad.
Posted on 5/9/24 at 3:21 pm to wadewilson
Double post.
This post was edited on 5/9/24 at 3:22 pm
Posted on 5/9/24 at 3:42 pm to wadewilson
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Have you considered that all of this could have been done and Williams still picked the money now?
LSU fans assured me both were rotational guys at best at LSU.
Kelly screwed up. He felt the need to shift blame when he could have hyped up the new DL coach and the guys on the roster. There is no good way to spin it.
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