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re: I'll give Sumlin this, he's changed up his recruiting strategy
Posted on 12/2/16 at 10:40 pm to Texas Weazel
Posted on 12/2/16 at 10:40 pm to Texas Weazel
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Being mad at lucrative contracts and high buyouts is pretty damn stupid.
This seems to be implying that there are no bad contracts in college sports, if you're saying it's dumb to criticize a contract.
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Posted on 12/2/16 at 11:01 pm to NanosTacoRun
After the Texas Bowl this year, Sumlin can walk away from A&M (with 3 years left on his contract) and not pay A&M a dime. A&M would owe Sumlin $15 million if we want to fire him.
That's after being one of the highest paid coaches in the nation for the past 3 years, each which he produced disappointing results. And he is owed the money within 60 days (does any other coach in the nation have such a clause). And the buyout has no offset, which is also very rare.
So to recap, the contract we gave him:
-is one of the highest in the nation
-has one of the highest buyouts in the nation
-has no protection for A&M
-has the worst buyout-timeframe clause in the nation
-has the worst buyout-offset clause in the nation
... and when taken as a whole, prevents us from firing him. That seems like the textbook case for a contract worth complaining about
That's after being one of the highest paid coaches in the nation for the past 3 years, each which he produced disappointing results. And he is owed the money within 60 days (does any other coach in the nation have such a clause). And the buyout has no offset, which is also very rare.
So to recap, the contract we gave him:
-is one of the highest in the nation
-has one of the highest buyouts in the nation
-has no protection for A&M
-has the worst buyout-timeframe clause in the nation
-has the worst buyout-offset clause in the nation
... and when taken as a whole, prevents us from firing him. That seems like the textbook case for a contract worth complaining about
Posted on 12/2/16 at 11:33 pm to NanosTacoRun
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This seems to be implying that there are no bad contracts in college sports, if
On the contrary. I'm actually implying that there are way too many bad contracts, but that's due to the nature of the business. Giving out these ridiculous contracts is inevitable since not doing so would create instability within a program (see Cougar High losing Briles, Sumlin, & Herman).
Which is why complaining is stupid. Every big school does it out of necessity. If we didn't do it, we'd be searching for a coach anytime we would have success. We would have lost Fran after 2006, Sherman after 2010, and Sumlin after 2012.
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