re: Houston AD: Herman gets $5M if we go Power 5

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The facilities will follow if they get the Big XII bid, but they have a decent history from their old SwC days in football and basketball. They had a Heisman winner just a couple years before the SWC started breaking up.

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Any school that gets an invite will have the facilities Hell BYU already has them. Colorado State is building a gorgeous new stadium. As for their history that counts for jack. Its all about markets and footprints. Houston is already in the Big XII footprint

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Plus Houston is not getting invited to join Big XII

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I think you're dead wrong about that.
The alternatives are even less attractive.

Bama made $6.5 million by routing USC. For a really good coach $5 million is worth it.

If all the USC earnings went to Saban. We only have to pay him 500,000 for the rest of the year.

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I think you're dead wrong about that.
The alternatives are even less attractive.

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I just cant see Texas allowing this.

Houston in a P5 conference with a coach like Herman and a billionaire booster willing to open up the wallet? People keep saying aTm is a sleeping giant...Houston would be a fricking juggernaut.

This!!

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I just cant see Texas allowing this.

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I hear ya.
And usually I'd agree.
But by all accounts, the City of Houston is pulling out all the stops to (hypothetically) wine & dine the B12.
And UTex is looking to smooth the ruffled feathers of Houston business leaders, caused by its campus expansion into Houston.
It's kind of a perfect storm.

I just don't see too many (any?) better options for new B12 members.

Do you think Houston going to the Big 12 and keeping Herman would have a significant negative impact on aTm?

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If Texas has all this $$,has great facilities and is so much better than -insert mame here- how come they struggle to land a top tier HC???

I mean its Texas right? Listening to you guys HCs should just be waiting by their phones clamoring for a ring with a bag packed.

sorry for the rant, just tired of all the "If we want him we can have him bs from the fans of some of these schools."

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Spot on. I think anyone coming into a job will weigh many factors, some of which are never mentioned by sportswriters and the like. I'm sure the fan base weighs some into consideration. The athletic director staff probably weighs a good amount into a decision for a coach to move to a certain program. As well as the realistic outlook of the donors in the program. I'd say that weighs a lot into consideration. You can have the greatest facilities, recruiting grounds and $10 million a year, but if the donors and AD aren't going to give you the opportunity to make the necessary changes in a program to right the ship, the job won't be touched with a ten foot poll. They were calling for Charlie Strong's head after a single season at Texas. Hell, even before the season was over some of the fans were calling for him to be removed.

Far too often the fan bases think they can just wave a magic salary number under the nose of a coach and he will come running. Yeah, that seems to be working just swimmingly in places like Texas, USC and Miami. Sometimes it takes an extended period in time to clear out the rot within a program (especially in the case of Texas) and the donors, AD and fans have to understand Rome wasn't built in a day especially in the age of instant gratification. Tennessee is a prime example of that as we are still sometimes feeling the effects of Kiffin and Dooley this season.

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It's a good question.
It would certainly make "things" more challenging for us.
But iron sharpens iron, right?
As a Houston homer, I'd just like to see more local players stay home, rather than heading off to Oklahoma.


Either way, I guarantee you that both Sumlin and Strong are very aware of Herman's success at UH.

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I hear you. I think it'd be bad for LSU too. We all seem to be dipping into the Houston pool and a CFP bound Houston might change that.