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Look at both of Leach's stops before MSU. It took him 2 or 3 years to get rolling. In my opinion, he was just on the verge with the players he was developing in the system. It's a shame you can't develop a program anymore because fans have to have instant results against teams with more money and better recruiting.
It's a shame MSU looks to be dismantling what Leach was building.
Oh well.........
And why some folks on here can't grasp this is beyond me. This program dodged a nuke by making Arnett head coach. We would have lost half our recruits and 20+ players would have jumped in the portal. At that point no matter who we hired - ****ing Urban Meyer even - would have had a massive rebuild on their hands. And all the while the Cyber Coaches around here who have never lost a game in their version of reality would have been tearing him down, just like Leach, because we did exactly what they wanted.
He probably makes less than $200k at Samford? If we low ball him we'll triple his salary. I'm sure it's nice being head coach, but it's not like he's been at Samford 22 years. He's been there five. If it doesn't work as OC, he can make three times as much money for two years and then go get another head coaching job at a lower level with an extra half a million in the bank.
Is it a coincidence that Memphis went down in scoring from 2019-2021 every year from the previous, and then jumped up 5.2 ppg this season after Johns left.
To be fair, Duke was up considerably this season from last in ppg
WEll shit. I didn't realize FCS schools were paying that much. That's surprising to me.
Still not sure that's at a level where if we offer him $800k guaranteed he scoffs at it. But certainly if FCS coaches have better longevity and he can wants some stability, that's a good salary and not crazy to think he would rather have some stability and a longer term contract rather than an extra couple of hundred k after taxes for two years and then have to move to whereever the job is.
Throw 2.5 million at Cortez Hankton and let's roll baby
Assuming a 2 year guaranteed deal for OC, that's an extra $696k after taxes. That's nothing to sneeze at. Now if you have kids in Jr High/high school range, then stability is pretty important. If you are at a spot where you can realistically coach for another 15 years with some security (I have no clue how common that would be at FCS), then that's a lot to give up if you think failure at the OC job is going to leave you working your way back up the ranks of FCS. Making an extra $700k for two years and then having to make $150k instead of $400k for 4 years while you move around is not a great deal.
Plus there is the question of how ambitious he is. Yes, he could end up looking for another job, or he could end up doing well and be in a position to get a FBS head coaching gig that makes him and his family wealthy. Really going to depend on his mindset and what he values.