http://sports.yahoo.com/news/why-college...36446.html

Good mention for you guys. Good luck with your respective coaching searches.

(12-07-2016 03:27 PM)GoldenWarrior11 Wrote:  http://sports.yahoo.com/news/why-college...36446.html

Good mention for you guys. Good luck with your respective coaching searches.

We'll have a harder time replacing our departing Senior QBs than our coaches.

This article explains what the AAC is. Good enough to be a power conference, but purposely held back to be raided for schools and coaches.

"...Then there is this: If you are talented enough and fortunate enough to land one of these Power Five jobs, you’ve probably got a steep buyout that can keep you protected for a few years. The biggest reason why Kevin Sumlin is still at Texas A&M and Kliff Kingsbury is still at Texas Tech might simply be the prohibitive cost of firing them.

So the fertile hunting ground for Power Five athletic directors became the American, an underrated league that had developed quite a coaching fraternity. In addition to Herman, Rhule and Taggart, Virginia Tech made the best hire of 2015 when it swiped Justin Fuente from Memphis.

Next up might be Navy’s Ken Niumatalolo, who completed his eighth season of at least eight wins in nine years on the job. Or Tulsa’s Philip Montgomery, who has revived that program in just two seasons. Or Central Florida’s Scott Frost, who took over an 0-12 team and has gone 6-6 in his first year as a head coach.

This raiding is reminiscent of the brain drain that ravaged the old Big East several years ago. Louisville lost Petrino and Rutgers lost Greg Schiano to the NFL; Rich Rodriguez bolted West Virginia for Michigan; and Cincinnati saw Mark Dantonio, Brian Kelly and Butch Jones all upgrade between 2006-12.

That’s the hard part about being in a league that doesn’t have easy access to the national championship and massive media rights. You can’t hold on to their star coaches.

And once those coaches experience the perks of Power Five members, they seem increasingly satisfied to stay in the job they have. Not many man are willing to mess with happy."

Why don't we start making our buy-outs more expensive. I'll take a new coach every 2 years if the Big 12 keeps supplementing our low TV money.

(12-07-2016 04:28 PM)CoastalJuan Wrote:  Why don't we start making our buy-outs more expensive. I'll take a new coach every 2 years if the Big 12 keeps supplementing our low TV money.

I agree with this.

Its absurd that Charlie Strong is profiting more off the Herman hire than UH. These deals should be similarly beneficial on the other side of the equation.

If they want it bad enough, they'll pay.

(12-07-2016 04:47 PM)BigEastHomer Wrote:  

(12-07-2016 04:28 PM)CoastalJuan Wrote:  Why don't we start making our buy-outs more expensive. I'll take a new coach every 2 years if the Big 12 keeps supplementing our low TV money.

I agree with this.

Its absurd that Charlie Strong is profiting more off the Herman hire than UH. These deals should be similarly beneficial on the other side of the equation.

If they want it bad enough, they'll pay.

And based on the guys we're picking up (mostly coordinators unproven as HC's), we should be able to negotiate that.

I believe Chad's extension with SMU includes a higher buyout, but even so, had Baylor swiped him from us I think we would have netted close to $3M.

(12-07-2016 05:47 PM)Carolina Stang Wrote:  I believe Chad's extension with SMU includes a higher buyout, but even so, had Baylor swiped him from us I think we would have netted close to $3M.

$3,200,000