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re: Did we ever get the real reason that Coach J Chavis

Posted on 1/4/15 at 1:32 pm to
Posted by twk
Wichita Falls, Texas
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Posted on 1/4/15 at 1:32 pm to
Money was a factor, but the term of the contract was the primary reason. Most assistant coaches have only a one year contract, but top coordinators often get a two year deal so that they've got a year's pay waiting if the head coach gets canned. Means that they don't have to take the first job that comes along.

LSU wasn't willing to give Chavis any guarantee beyond one year--their proposal said it was for three years, but had an out if Miles was no longer head coach. That's not consistent with the market, so Chavis took the money, and the guarantee (3 years, even more than the 2 big time coordinators get) that A&M was offering.
Posted by High Diving Horses
Greenville SC
Member since Jan 2015
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Posted on 1/4/15 at 1:33 pm to
Is he a ex military guy? Maybe the military culture of Texas AM appears to him. I think AM is a lot better university too. More intellectuals go there. LSU seems like a 4 year party school.
This post was edited on 1/4/15 at 1:34 pm
Posted by Prof
Member since Jun 2013
42751 posts
Posted on 1/4/15 at 1:47 pm to
quote:

Money was a factor, but the term of the contract was the primary reason. Most assistant coaches have only a one year contract, but top coordinators often get a two year deal so that they've got a year's pay waiting if the head coach gets canned. Means that they don't have to take the first job that comes along.

LSU wasn't willing to give Chavis any guarantee beyond one year--their proposal said it was for three years, but had an out if Miles was no longer head coach. That's not consistent with the market, so Chavis took the money, and the guarantee (3 years, even more than the 2 big time coordinators get) that A&M was offering.



^This. Alleva made a fundamental error in misunderstanding Chavis. There was no way in hell he was going to have that kind of clause near the end of his career. A clause like that could've left him without pay and a job if Miles left or was fired and it would have done so right at his prime earning years when he was saving for retirement.

After what ex-AD Mike Hamilton did to Fulmer - forcing him to 'retire' midseason - there was no way in hell Chavis would leave himself exposed like Alleva was asking in that contract. I honestly don't understand how Alleva failed to get that.
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