magildachunks

We hired Orgeron on the basis that he didn't care about the money, he cared about proving everyone else wrong about his abilities and ceiling (USC).

I think he may have been the lowest paid coach in the SEC until he won the NC, and then he was maybe in the top five.

His buyout was 17 million.

His entire contract was incentive based, just like Miles and Saban ( granted, we made Saban the highest paid coach when he was hired to get him here. $1 million a year. Media blasted that saying it was absurd to pay a coach that much) But his contract was loaded with incentives as well that could more than double his salary.

Hell, if Saban wasn't in the same division as Miles, Miles would have gained multi generational wealth from his incentives.

But he didn't, because he didn't fulfill the conditions.

And then comes Woodward, who gives a guaranteed contract, regardless of results. The second time btw because he apparently didn't learn his lesson from the Jimbo fiasco. And the result is we fired our first coach since the last century for not winning a NC.


Which brings me to Franklin. He doesn't need the money, but like Orgeron, he needs to prove everyone else wrong about his abilities and ceiling.

LSU is the type of place for that. I mean...we took Ole Miss' ( possibly the SEC's) worst coach of all time and won a NC with him.

Penn State has always been known for collapsing on the big stage, so maybe Franklin isn't completely to blame.


Given the chance, he may be able to pull an Orgeron at LSU. We are capable of doing that for a coach, as long as he has the fire

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Any coach who comes in with incentives based contract is good, otherwise, forget it.

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Three coaches before Kelly were hired under incentive based contracts (you want more money, here's how you earn it) All three won a National Championship.

Granted, Saban was hired with the biggest coaching salary ever at the time, but it was minuscule to what he could earn by achieving certain goals, like winning the West, the SEC, and a National Championship.

Les got the same conditions: enough of a guarantee to lure him away from his current program to ours, but the only way he could make generational wealth was by achieving certain goals: win the West, the SEC, and a NC. He still had incentive based pay in his contract when he was fired. If Saban hadn't been in the same division as Les, Les would have made way more money than he did.

Then we go to Orgeron. The epitome of a "Prove you are worth this much" hire if ever there was one. I think he may have been the lowest paid coach in the SEC until he won the NC.

And then Woodward comes along and pays a coach a guaranteed full contract with no incentives(for the second time btw. Apparently he didn't recognize how flawed his system was after the Jimbo fiasco) and for the first time since the last century we fired a coach for not winning a NC.



We legit took the worst coach in SEC history and won a NC with him. But we gave him a reason to put effort into his job, and also gave him the benefit of proving everyone else wrong about his abilities and ceiling.

Orgeron didn't care about the money when he took the job, he cared about proving the doubters (USC) wrong for dismissing him.


Let's go find us another coach with a chip on his shoulder. A coach who cares less about the money and more about proving everyone else wrong about him.

That YouTube video is the definition of sensationalism media.


Holy propaganda Batman!

Allowing offensive lines to push the ball carrier forward in a scrum.

Why would we melt over something we wanted to happen?

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Saban (LSU, Bama)
Meyer (Florida, Ohio State)

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Neither one of those was hired away from the first school listed by the second school listed.

He's still being paid by LSU

This is nothing like Les Miles.


His teams had heart and pride.

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Our season ending game with LSU might be to decide who gets the worst bowl game and second worst one.

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Do y'all want the Texas bowl or the mayonnaise bowl?

Not everyone can be a manly man like you, you badass you.