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re: Is Matt Luke the worst hire of the offseason?
Posted on 6/11/18 at 9:55 am to KSGamecock
Posted on 6/11/18 at 9:55 am to KSGamecock
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If the last few years have proven anything it's that you should never remove the interim tag.
And people question why we are reluctant to do so with Henderson.
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Posted on 6/11/18 at 10:01 am to StopRobot
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Matt Luke was about as good as Ole Miss could hope for. Da Coach O was the worst hire.
Paying upwards of $4 mil a year? You're crazy.
We were all in on Memphis' Norvell until we found out of some rumblings of a intimate nature.
Posted on 6/11/18 at 10:08 am to TheCaterpillar
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Start building up that war chest
Does it work like this in Athletic Dept's? If we save 3 Mil. a year on Luke does that bump the salary range to $8mil/yr? Or does that simply go towards a slush fund for upfront payment to make the job more appealing?
The job as it sits now is stagnant AF with Luke. I would have rather swung and missed on a non-power 5 HC looking to step up or a coordinator (not one of ours) who showed HC promise.
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some rumblings of a intimate nature.
Ha I would have laughed after going through Freeze deal. As long as it wasn't of an illegal nature then I wouldn't care.
This post was edited on 6/11/18 at 10:18 am
Posted on 6/11/18 at 10:32 am to Saskwatch
I would much rather still have Freeze than Matt Luke. Matter of fact, Luke was the assistant on Freeze's staff that needed to be replaced the most. We now know, Hugh wasn't allowed to fire Luke.
This post was edited on 6/11/18 at 10:33 am
Posted on 6/11/18 at 10:36 am to TheCaterpillar
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You need someone to get you through the shitty years for cheap then go out afterwards and hire a big time name for a lot of money.
But he wasn't cheap. We're paying him $3 mill.
Posted on 6/11/18 at 10:40 am to DownSouthJukin
And, honestly, I don't think we would have any shitty years if we had a decent coach. Having Luke as HC kind of guarantees that we have some shitty years and then we are a rebuild project for anyone else.
Posted on 6/11/18 at 11:02 am to Saskwatch
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Does it work like this in Athletic Dept's? If we save 3 Mil. a year on Luke does that bump the salary range to $8mil/yr? Or does that simply go towards a slush fund for upfront payment to make the job more appealing?
You can spend on facilities to make the job more attractive, or you can save it up for a huge signing bonus to woo a potential coach...Idk.
There's got to be some benefits.
Posted on 6/11/18 at 11:04 am to Landmass
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Having Luke as HC kind of guarantees that we have some shitty years and then we are a rebuild project for anyone else
So why aren't we giving that money to someone else to start rebuilding.? I know the next couple years are a bust due to NCAA limitations. However, someone could be laying the ground work and installing their systems, culture, and start networking with our recruiting base.
Posted on 6/11/18 at 11:06 am to Saskwatch
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start networking with our recruiting base.
Posted on 6/11/18 at 11:16 am to Vecchio Cane
Umm I mean "community outreach" 
Posted on 6/11/18 at 11:29 am to Saskwatch
Luke fits Ole Miss just fine.
My question is this:
Does it bother you that during the all time pinnacle of your football success you lost 4 straight to Bert and his merry band of Hogs?
My question is this:
Does it bother you that during the all time pinnacle of your football success you lost 4 straight to Bert and his merry band of Hogs?
Posted on 6/11/18 at 12:22 pm to Rzrbackguy
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Does it bother you that during the all time pinnacle of your football success
I wasn't alive for that, and Arky was in a different conference.
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lost 4 straight to Bert and his merry band of Hogs?
That was divine intervention smiting Freeze. It's the only explanation conceivable.
Now you can go politely frick off back to the hills and hollers. Good day to you sir.
This post was edited on 6/11/18 at 1:00 pm
Posted on 6/11/18 at 12:30 pm to Saskwatch
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So why aren't we giving that money to someone else to start rebuilding.? I know the next couple years are a bust due to NCAA limitations. However, someone could be laying the ground work and installing their systems, culture, and start networking with our recruiting base.
Pretty tough to get a top coach that wants to do that. You'd have to try and get a young, hungry guy on the cheap and I'm not sure they'd do a better job than Luke.
Posted on 6/11/18 at 12:36 pm to DownSouthJukin
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We're paying him 3 Mill
That's the crazy thing to me is the amount. Hiring Luke as a placeholder seems fine, but to pay him that is crazy.
This post was edited on 6/11/18 at 12:37 pm
Posted on 6/11/18 at 12:40 pm to TheCaterpillar
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Pretty tough to get a top coach that wants to do that
I agree. I just don't see a "top coach" that will be willing to come in after we bottom out with Luke.
Posted on 6/11/18 at 12:42 pm to Saskwatch
How long do most of you Rebs believe administration will be patient with Luke. What gets him fired? What keeps him around?
Posted on 6/11/18 at 12:53 pm to kywildcatfanone
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He beat UK in Lexington last year. He is your future.
Posted on 6/11/18 at 12:58 pm to msudawg1200
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That's the crazy thing to me is the amount. Hiring Luke as a placeholder seems fine, but to pay him that is crazy.
But he loves Ole Miss, so I guess we have to compensate him for that, too.
And to answer your other question-who knows. I'm afraid getting rid of him is going to be a sticky situation. He's going to have to frick up good in order for us to completely cut ties. Because, again, he loves Ole Miss.
This post was edited on 6/11/18 at 12:59 pm
Posted on 6/11/18 at 12:59 pm to msudawg1200
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What gets him fired? What keeps him around?
What got him the job and will keep him around is the same reason that it will be hard to fire him. He has personal relationships with anyone that has a say so at the school because he is a former player, native Mississippian, and has been some type of assistant or coach at OM or with Cutcliffe for the past decade plus.
Posted on 6/11/18 at 1:10 pm to Saskwatch
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hat got him the job and will keep him around is the same reason that it will be hard to fire him. He has personal relationships with anyone that has a say so at the school because he is a former player, native Mississippian, and has been some type of assistant or coach at OM or with Cutcliffe for the past decade plus.
As we state fans remember from the Sylvester Croom error, to get rid of a coach like that is going to require an athletic director with balls to stick his neck out and make that call in the face of internal and external pressure.
Bjork is not that. But I don't know how much longer Bjork is going to be around either. That AD position is going to be the important hire.
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