Are we really going to give Matt Luke an extension?

Thats what Neal and Chase were saying. They have to or the coordinators wont come without some type of safety net.

If they really give Matt Luke an extension we need to revolt and set up kangaroo courts in the IPF and we can execute the whole lot of them. Guillotine or gallows pick your fate but not Bjork. He’s to be hung, drawn, and quartered and displayed at the corner of s 16th and Lamar

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When they have those alumni dinners, how does that go?

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"Matt's not a good coach. Hasn't won many games. But we get to go on the sidelines at games and get really nice spots in the Grove for our pregame festivities, and since we aren't doing so well, we get to use them during the later parts of games as well. Hell, sometimes we skip the games altogether. Plus, he REALLY loves Ole Miss. Let's give him a few more years."

This is a complete sham. Bjork has to go so quickly. I thought there’s no way we can get worse than Boone

If this is true, it really shows the length that the administration is willing to go to dig their heels in on this coaching hire.

I understand the rationale from the point of that the only way to attract potential good coordinator candidates is to guarantee some stability for their position. No one is going to want to make a significant move only to move again if clearing the house after one year is a likely possibility.

However, I don't understand why you simply won't cut your losses and clear house completely. Admit that the Luke experiment failed, it's not going well from a recruiting perspective, the fan base has become incredibly angry/apathetic over the decision.

The possibility of hiring a new coach wasn't even in the pool of possibilities for this admin, so they would be starting woefully late and unprepared; they had a "national search committee" last year and ended up promoting the offensive line coach.

They'll continue to deflect any shortcoming of Luke onto external factors (NCAA, Freeze) to varying success and state that it's only fair that he gets more time (and 3 mil paychecks) to get his guys in the system and his brand of football implemented. Field Goal U.

I don’t know what other outcome happens other than complete revolt if he’s extended and we are saddled with more contracts with which to resolve for the future. As dumb as our fan base is there is a floor to that stupidity. Freeze isn’t an excuse for his poor on field job performance. He is objectively terrible plus he’s as conservative as Cutcliffe

You can extend Luke without changing the buyout. You almost have to extend him if he is the guy you are going with moving forward or at least next season.

Yeah the buyout wording is what I’d be curious to see. If they increase the buyout I’d be livid.

On paper they can “give him an extension” but that buyout better get lower.

I’m still all aboard the fire Luke train but this administration is proving they love making horrible choices. They will keep pointing to Freeze and the NCAA for years.

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You can extend Luke without changing the buyout.

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I don't think thats why people are irritated. We will have to buy out all of his assistance we hire. They will all have fresh buyouts in their contracts.