As much as a person likes anyone in the sports profession or even politics. Its foolish to rely on things people say in those areas. The list of examples is long of the coaches that have said something and 1-2 days later done the opposite. Not sure why coaches continue to paint themselves into a corner by saying things like " I am firmly entrenched, etc" , but I also don't understand why teams continue to fair catch punts inside the 5 yard line either....lol
But you are right....there comes a point where a blueblood comes crawling, you think you can win a title with them and they are going to pay you a guaranteed 100 million for 10 years. Could be hard to pass up.
End the end, I think we are going to have to find a way to get him in the ~5M range, provide more incentives like more $$ for winning the Big12 title or getting to a NY6 bowl/playoffs, etc.
And I am sure he is going to want more for his assistants.
But even if we get him at 5M he is going to be making half of the top jobs in College football. Do we really think Lincoln Riley is worth twice Matt Campbell? No, but that is just the way things work.
These numbers below do make me feel better about things considering there are a lot of good coaches on this list making the same or just above MC.
And the five most expensive coaches to fire:
1. Jimbo Fisher, Texas A&M -- $95.575 million
2. Dabo Swinney, Clemson -- $47.5 million
3. Nick Saban, Alabama -- $38.4 million
4. Ryan Day, Ohio State -- $28.416 million
5. Matt Campbell, Iowa State -- $28.333 million
Top 5 salaries in each conference:
Big 12
1. Lincoln Riley, Oklahoma -- $7.857 million
2. Gary Patterson, TCU -- $6.103 million
3. Steve Sarkisian, Texas -- $5.45 million
4. Mike Gundy, Oklahoma State -- $4.375 million
5. Matt Campbell, Iowa State -- $4 million
Big Ten
1. James Franklin, Penn State -- $7 million
2. Ryan Day, Ohio State -- $6.614 million
3. Pat Fitzgerald, Northwestern -- $5.748 million
4. Mel Tucker, Michigan State -- $5.632 million
5. Scott Frost, Nebraska -- $5 million
5. Kirk Ferentz, Iowa -- $5 million
Pac-12
1. David Shaw, Stanford -- $8.924 million
2. Chip Kelly, UCLA -- $5.6 million
3. Kyle Whittingham, Utah -- $5.2 million
4. Clay Helton, USC -- $4.813 million
5. Mario Cristobal, Oregon -- $4.6 million
SEC
1. Nick Saban, Alabama -- $9.5 million
2. Ed Orgeron, LSU -- $9.012 million
3. Dan Mullen, Florida -- $7.57 million
4. Jimbo Fisher, Texas A&M -- $7.5 million
5. Kirby Smart, Georgia -- $7.133 million
ACC
1. Dabo Swinney, Clemson -- $9.508 million
2. Pat Narduzzi, Pitt -- $4.816 million
3. Justin Fuente, Virginia Tech -- $4.25 million
3. Bronco Mendenhall, Virginia -- $4.25 million
3. Mike Norvell, Florida State -- $4.25 million
College football's highest-paid coach is also its biggest bargain.
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