Arnett

[DownwardDawg]

That's a chicken or the egg discussion:

You're saying we don't loose coaches to money, we only lose them to programs with more success. However, the only reason those programs have more success is because they have more money, and it just so happens that every coach that leaves here gets a big pay bump. Was it the mig pay bump that motivate the move, or the name on the jersey? But again even if it's the name on the jersey, it's still "money" that's the ultimate reason we couldn't keep him because money is what drives prestige

So if we offer the same or more and he still leaves for the bigger program, does that still mean he left for more money?

[the_real_MSU_is_us]

So if we offer the same or more and he still leaves for the bigger program, does that still mean he left for more money?

It means he left for the prestige the jersey gives him. But the jersey only provides prestige because the boosters pay enough to win. So from a short term standpoint? If we match an offer and the coach leaves, it wasn't about money. From a big picture view? Yes, its about us being poor. If we had OSU money we'd be prestigious enough to where coaches would stay.