re: Is Avery Johnson's contract really 6 years 18 million?

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It's called negotiating... The guy has zero collegiate experience( helps you negotiate)... Nobody was knocking down his door to coach at the collegiate level...So you'd rather take a total gamble and pay him 3 mill over 6 years... Makes no sense and I hope you're not a business owner...

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Nope not a business owner. In fact only took one business class in all my time at UA. The guy who did make the decision is a very successful business owner however. I'm just speaking from a fan perspective. I have no clue how the negotiation went down. Neither do you. Like I said earlier, every coaching hire is a gamble. Marshall would have been a gamble. Of course AJ is as well. I have no idea what AJs market value or asking price was prior to the deal being signed. I'll mantain that it would appear to be an overpayment right now, but could turn out to be a very good deal for Alabama. I'll also maintain I would rather pay more for AJ than pay market for Prohm. Maybe this deal will blow up in our face and set us back years. That would suck, but at least we are trying to hit a big hire instead of a safe boring one. I'd rather our AD take high risk, high reward hires than safe, lukewarm ones.