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re: Coach Kelly says they aren’t going to buy players.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 5:17 pm to The Egg
Posted on 5/7/24 at 5:17 pm to The Egg
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He needs to get with the times
Ok so let’s say we pay Damonic Williams 1.5 for average defensive line play for one season.
That’s more than either of our Offensive Coordinators make btw but let’s say we do it.
We can afford an extra 1.5 this year no problem.
But what happens next year? Williams is gone but Whit Weeks is still here. All of those freshman DBs are still here. Nuss is still here. That whole incoming 2025 recruiting class is here.
Do you honestly think they won’t be in BK’s office saying “well you paid him that and I’m better than him so where’s my money?”
What do you do when half your starters walk into the portal because you can’t afford to pay them what you paid a very average defensive tackle?
Be careful of the precedents you set.
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Posted on 5/7/24 at 5:30 pm to CottonWasKing
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Ok so let’s say we pay Damonic Williams 1.5 for average defensive line play for one season.
Yeah let’s pay a guy for 6 months more than what Cortez Hankton and Brad Davis makes in a year
Posted on 5/7/24 at 5:54 pm to CottonWasKing
Great, great point Cotton! BK is so far ahead of the curve with setting his precedent on what he will pay and will not pay. Going forward that does nothing but help him and the team out down the road.
Posted on 5/7/24 at 7:33 pm to CottonWasKing
Agree here. Gotta play the long game. And the rules keep changing every year.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 1:38 pm to CottonWasKing
quote:
Ok so let’s say we pay Damonic Williams 1.5 for average defensive line play for one season.
That’s more than either of our Offensive Coordinators make btw but let’s say we do it.
We can afford an extra 1.5 this year no problem.
But what happens next year? Williams is gone but Whit Weeks is still here. All of those freshman DBs are still here. Nuss is still here. That whole incoming 2025 recruiting class is here.
Do you honestly think they won’t be in BK’s office saying “well you paid him that and I’m better than him so where’s my money?”
Literally what happened to Saban that broke his spirit and made him quit.
Posted on 5/8/24 at 2:25 pm to CottonWasKing
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Do you honestly think they won’t be in BK’s office saying “well you paid him that and I’m better than him so where’s my money?”
Coaches don’t pay players.
They can go out and get donors to pay them through either a collective or directly.
Consider that all coaches are tugging at the purse strings and you can see how it gets complicated.
Baseball team has the chance to land the best pitcher ever known and he’s from Baton Rouge and he’s demanding at least 1mm a year. The football coach needs that for a running back who isn’t even a 5 star…
It gets real complicated.
What I think we’re hearing Kelly say between the lines is that there simply isn’t the amount of money needed to get the top players. It’s a limited pool of money.
Baton Rouge is small market afterall.
Look at what fed ex just dedicated to Memphis. Over 20mil !
We don’t have any company willing to dedicate that kind of money. Not even close.
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