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

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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.

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^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.