Quote Originally Posted by MeridianDog View Post
He doesn't care about the buy out:

1 - Megan likes Starkville.
2 - She hates FL and is not happy with the thoughts of moving to TN - colder, with a pushy Alumni base that her husband will be FORCED to deal with. She knows that Dan likes things his way and dealing with a pushy alumni base will not make for good homelife.
3 - Megan likes playing golf at Old Waverly and their kids like it too.
4 - Dan knows these things. He cares enough that he caddies for his boy when he plays golf.
5 - Dan had started and committed to a project at MSU that he intends to finish.
6 - He has been given full latitude in how he runs his program. The important thing here is HIM running HIS program.
7 - Is this about money? MSU will match whatever FL or TN offer. I say that, because both schools are under money limits. They are not Alabama, with unlimited budget to hire. Both of them also figure that the status of coaching at their schools must be worth some amount of money (Flagship schools in their minds).

We will give Dan a satisfactory raise this year. He will bank the money, because he has no use for a jet, which is about the only thing he doesn't have at this point in his life.
You left out that he is not their real first choice. Florida wants Kelly and Tenn wants Gruden. This brings up two points. 1) Part of the fan base will he is not good enough from the beginning, which can foment discontent at any small thing. 2) He does not like being second choice.