re: Sumlin, Bert, Malzahn....all gone after this year

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They can't afford his buyout

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Without sounding like one of those "our AD has soooo much money" guys, the buyout is easily afforded and will be paid if we should really REALLY tank this season (which I'm still not sure we will, see our recent history).

What a lot of people don't realize - including a lot of Hog fans - is that his buyout is structured where our AD can pay it out all at once OR over several years, I think up to 5. His new salary, should he take a new HC position, also offsets the buyout. You're talking $3mm / year over 5 years to make him go away (assuming he doesn't take a new position in that time frame), which isn't chump change by any means but is easily offset by renewed fan enthusiasm and some deep pocketed donors.


Compare this to someone like Sumlin's buyout that has to be paid in full within 60 days and it doesn't look nearly as bad on paper as it's made out to be; still a huge mistake by Long to put us on the hook for THAT much.