Does the Pollard story change the FB situation?

[Beyerball]

Reading over some of those posts after the big contract extension was signed shows why A.D's are paid big bucks to be smarter than the average fan. I agree the fan base wanted to see CPR get an extension, but 10 years after such a short track record as a head coach without a lot of his own recruits was a bit excessive both then and in retrospect. It's not like he was having anything remotely close to Hoiberg type success and over the first 3 years Fred's program was rising while CPR's was regressing.

This..no way should that contract extension have ever been 10 years..ever. Not in today's college football. You hire a coach he gets a 4-5 year deal initially. If he needs extended to keep recruits happy then u extend it out to 4 years..period. Any smart AD knows this. There is ZERO reason to extend any HC past 4-5 years. Too much can change. We should be in a situation right now where we only have a 2-3 year buyout which is reasonable..not 6 years..

Now..I hope cpr can get to 5-6 wins but I like many others is doubtful.

The next HC has to be an offensive minded coach..has to be. We need a HC that can recruit a stud QB. You have that and it can take you a long ways.

 

[CYKOFAN]

The problem with the bolded part is that at the time we were all clamoring for Pollard to lock Rhoads up for the long term so we could keep him.

Remember all the hand wringing on here when Rhoads wouldn't completely commit to saying he was going to retire here? We as a fan base were very happy at the time when the extension was announced.

http://cyclonefanatic.com/forum/showthread.php?t=136234&highlight=Rhoads+contract

Probably not fair to say that CPR's program was regressing after 3 years, although his first season was the best when you include the bowl games. But CPR and Fred both got 10 year extensions for $20 million after 3 years. Both took over programs flat on their backs but Fred was winning a lot more games than he lost both overall and in the Big 12, and winning in the NCAA tourney. CPR was still losing twice as many Big 12 games as he was winning after 3 years and his program was nowhere near the level of Fred's. Just seems like CPR got a pretty sweetheart deal considering his short stint as a head coach and limited success compared to Fred.