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(12-31-2018 03:19 PM)ODU True Blue Wrote:  Still not January.

It is now January.

Rich Nagy made $173,301/yr. That is about mid range in CUSA, but well below the $300,000+ paid to the DCs at FAU and MTSU.
I still like Brad Lambert but he might command more as a HC at an FCS or DII program than we could pay him as a DC.

BW's contract expires at the end of 2021. Personally I don't believe we can afford to under-perform, especially on defense, for three more seasons.
The admin then, would have to determine the ROI of a buyout of BW, and the cost of the new coach, who also likely would require us to pay his buyout, unless already unemployed; and THAT scenario could be the proverbial "out of the frying pan and into the fire".
Additionally, some here have opined that BW has just two seasons, and some only ONE more to "get it right".
As noted, that is a mighty big risk for a prospective assistant to take.

Next season we have as many or even more unknowns than we had in 2009.
On offense; we go into 2019 with new QB, new WRs, and only three experienced O Lineman. Only the RBs are a somewhat known quantity.
On defense; I am overwhelmed even trying to assess that right now.

It is difficult to be optimistic about a new DC given the above circumstances - unless we come up with double the compensation (and that would open a "whole 'nother" can of worms), and a 'wink wink nudge nudge' about an option of promotion to HC.