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The problem with coaches today
Posted on 10/19/25 at 5:35 pm
Posted on 10/19/25 at 5:35 pm
Is that we have everybody thinking they deserve Nick Saban money and they have never won shite.
Saban built a multi billion dollar operation at Alabama and was worth every nickel.
People like Jimbo Fisher and Brian Kelly haven’ t done shite to deserve these contracts with huge buyouts. If I were negotiating with a coach there would have to be some goals he would have to hit for his pay to be guaranteed.
There is not a 10 million dollar a year coach in college football
Right now.
Saban built a multi billion dollar operation at Alabama and was worth every nickel.
People like Jimbo Fisher and Brian Kelly haven’ t done shite to deserve these contracts with huge buyouts. If I were negotiating with a coach there would have to be some goals he would have to hit for his pay to be guaranteed.
There is not a 10 million dollar a year coach in college football
Right now.
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Posted on 10/19/25 at 5:38 pm to BamaScoop
Cignetti is worth that to a perennial bottom feeder like Indiana
Posted on 10/19/25 at 5:39 pm to BamaScoop
The problem is not the coaches. It's the ADs that agree to the contracts.
Posted on 10/19/25 at 5:39 pm to BamaScoop
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Is that we have everybody thinking they deserve Nick Saban money and they have never won shite.
That is in fact not the problem
Posted on 10/19/25 at 5:40 pm to BamaScoop
Saban was the exception but somehow became the rule.
Posted on 10/19/25 at 5:42 pm to BamaScoop
Saban was actually under compensated. He changed the entire trajectory of the university.
Enrollment, academic standing, endowment.
Cognetti is also worth every penny to a place like Indiana. They have been one of the worst P4 teams in history.
Enrollment, academic standing, endowment.
Cognetti is also worth every penny to a place like Indiana. They have been one of the worst P4 teams in history.
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Posted on 10/19/25 at 5:42 pm to BamaScoop
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The problem with coaches today
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Saban built a multi billion dollar operation at Alabama and was worth every nickel.
Saban- hall of fame coach obviously but his tenure fricked up the sport. If he would have retired 5 years earlier, it might be different
Posted on 10/19/25 at 5:43 pm to BamaScoop
Agents and AD's are more to blame.
Posted on 10/19/25 at 5:47 pm to BamaScoop
St. Nick got St. Nick money because you couldn't OPENLY pay $20 Mil for a ball team.
I marvel at my school - Kentucky - still caught paying $9 Mil to Mark Stoops. And Indiana seeing all that and paying Cignetti about $12 Mil for eight more years.
Give me a $5 Mil coach and $5 Mil more in players. Let me see how that works out.
I marvel at my school - Kentucky - still caught paying $9 Mil to Mark Stoops. And Indiana seeing all that and paying Cignetti about $12 Mil for eight more years.
Give me a $5 Mil coach and $5 Mil more in players. Let me see how that works out.
Posted on 10/19/25 at 5:48 pm to BamaScoop
I agree with you that these coaches are milking their situations and some short term success to get stupid contracts....but if they are paying you, thats what the market is. If im an AD, I think I could be competent enough to let a coach walk and get a good coach to replace him.
The real incompetence is in the athletic departments and those signing off on these contracts(which im convinced are riddled with middlemen payoffs and straight up fraud).
The real incompetence is in the athletic departments and those signing off on these contracts(which im convinced are riddled with middlemen payoffs and straight up fraud).
Posted on 10/19/25 at 5:48 pm to Gatorbait2008
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Agents and AD's are more to blame.
Agents aren't to blame. They are doing their job. It's the ADs.
Posted on 10/19/25 at 5:53 pm to BamaScoop
Elko’s pay-for-performance contract is the way. Lessons were learned.
Posted on 10/19/25 at 5:55 pm to New Money
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The problem is not the coaches. It's the ADs that agree to the contracts.
What exactly do you want them to do?
It's a supply and demand issue.
Posted on 10/19/25 at 5:59 pm to BamaScoop
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If I were negotiating with a coach there would have to be some goals he would have to hit for his pay to be guaranteed.
There is not a 10 million dollar a year coach in college football
Right now.
You're only getting unproven, low end guys then.
Posted on 10/19/25 at 8:36 pm to SidewalkTiger
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What exactly do you want them to do?
I expect them not to be held hostage. The hiring side is part of the supply and demand equation, too.
Posted on 10/19/25 at 8:40 pm to BamaScoop
This isn’t the fault of the coaches, this is the fault of ADs.
Things are worth what someone will pay for them, including football coaches.
The fact there are so many $10 million dollar coaches is proof there are $10 million dollar coaches.
Things are worth what someone will pay for them, including football coaches.
The fact there are so many $10 million dollar coaches is proof there are $10 million dollar coaches.
Posted on 10/19/25 at 8:44 pm to SidewalkTiger
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You're only getting unproven, low end guys then.
You mean guys like Saban when he came to LSU?
Maybe a 10 million dollar a year contract for 10 years makes a guy lose the fire to be successful. Everybody is not like Saban.
Posted on 10/19/25 at 8:49 pm to BamaScoop
Football programs bring in hundreds of millions of dollars a year. $10M is ultimately a drop in the bucket
Posted on 10/19/25 at 9:06 pm to jonnyanony
In 2000, three coaches made
$1 million+...Bowden, Spurrier and Saban.
The Saban Dynasty made every AD become obsessed with finding the "next Saban"...and agents took full advantage of the desperation...creating absolutely ridiculous contract "norms"...which was the genesis of paying players millions today because of the optics of the multimillionaire coaches vs poor, starving players narrative.
$1 million+...Bowden, Spurrier and Saban.
The Saban Dynasty made every AD become obsessed with finding the "next Saban"...and agents took full advantage of the desperation...creating absolutely ridiculous contract "norms"...which was the genesis of paying players millions today because of the optics of the multimillionaire coaches vs poor, starving players narrative.
Posted on 10/19/25 at 9:09 pm to New Money
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I expect them not to be held hostage. The hiring side is part of the supply and demand equation, too.
There's always someone willing to pay it.
If you don't pay, you get left behind.
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