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re: If LSU beats Bama, will Coach O have earned his ginormous buyout?
Posted on 10/26/17 at 10:29 am to CNB
Posted on 10/26/17 at 10:29 am to CNB
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People wanted other coaches
Nobody wanted Orgeron, so the buyout is questionable.
Buyouts exist for every coach. It's not like Orgeron got some ridiculous buyout. $8.5M after year 1 is very low considering the market. There's really nothing questionable about it. You dont sign coaches without buyouts these days, and his isn't even his salary guaranteed or close to it.
If Orgeron were to not work out after year 2 or year 3, his buyout is basically peanuts. He was never getting fired after 1 year unless the program completely tanked and missed a bowl game.
This post was edited on 10/26/17 at 10:37 am
Posted on 10/26/17 at 10:43 am to thunderbird1100
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Buyouts exist for every coach. It's not like Orgeron got some ridiculous buyout. $8M after year 1 is very low considering the market. There's really nothing questionable about it. You dont sign coaches without buyouts these days, and his isn't even his salary guaranteed or close to it.
You're erroneously considering the overall market vs. Ed Ogeron's market...which is/was SOLELY limited to LSU. No other school in American did/does want to pay Ed Ogeron what LSU is paying him. He had ZERO negotiating leverage over LSU if he wanted to to be a power conf. HC.
It's ridiculous not so much because of the number, but because it wasn't necessary. What was Ogeron going to do if LSU didn't agree to a buyout? Go get paid $3.5 mill per and the HC job from NO OTHER SCHOOL IN AMERICA?
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You dont sign coaches without buyouts these days
Yes...when those coaches have negotiating leverage. Tom Herman, Nick Saban, Harbaugh, hell, even PJ Fleck know they are in demand. They can tell someone who wanted to hire theme "either agree to a large buyout or I'm going somewhere else." Ogeron doesn't have that luxury.
Maybe Ogeron was never going to get fired after year 1. But why unnecessarily tie yourself down financially if it turns out you had to do so?
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