Quote Originally Posted by Goldendawg View Post
I would have hated to have had Croom or JoMo in an 8 to 10 deal unless you have the buyout heavily in your favor.
Amen. I'm a fan of the 4 year contract limits. Face it, the schools in Mississippi will always be stepping stones for coaches that get poached by blue bloods. The only coach who wouldn't use us or OM as a stepping stone is a coach that is truly committed to that school regardless of money or other opportunities, which I would say is pretty rare. So you either get a coach that doesn't care about a 10 year contract because he's fully committed or you get stuck with a coach undeserving of a 10 year contract because he's not good enough to get poached. Any elite coach isn't going to stay at a Mississippi school whether we can match contract terms or not when a blue blood comes calling.