Chesney is about to get a new major deal at UCLA

Lol you would have a problem with this...

Dude is giving UCLA their best season in a long time, possibly ever... in his first year! Schools are salivating over this guy, he is a hot commodity, you sign him now!

Supposedly a major booster is making a significant investment into the program

Not that I expect him to move but these in season extensions always feel like they are barely worth the paper they are written on when it comes to preventing the coaches from leaving

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Dude is giving UCLA their best season in a long time, possibly ever... in his first year! Schools are salivating over this guy, he is a hot commodity, you sign him now!

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Countless AD's have fallen into this trap and the same fans who say "pay him whatever he wants" after one good year are the same ones bitching at the AD two years later for giving the coach a "ridiculous buyout.

Jimbo Fisher had one really good season at A&M. The AD tore up the already big contract and gave him an even bigger one. Two years later he had a losing season and A&M fans wanted him gone. The got their wish a year later at a huge premium

LSU gave Orgeron an unnecessarily large raise/extension after 2019. Despite the fact there was ZERO risk of O taking a different job even if giving a lesser raise/extenion. He was fired 1.5 years later at a (then) big premium.

Mel Tucker had ONE really good season at Michigan St and leveraged it into a huge raise. He was bad after that and the buyout was so onerous that MSU had to get the rape counselor to induce him into jerking off on a phone call to create "cause" to fire him.

UCLA shouldn't be scared of this market. Chesney is no real threat to go to Baylor or Maryland, and FSU is not as attractive a job as some might think. He's not leaving the Big 10 for the ACC.

There is NO reason to panic and "over buy" here.

EDT: I think back to Skip Bertman in 2006. John Brady wanted a big raise after taking LSU to the Final Four. He used that accomplishment coupled with the open NC State job to try to leverage Bertman for a $2M (annual) contract. In response, Bertman publicly stated "No one in the SEC makes $2M. If NC State is willing to pay John $2M, then he should take it."

NC State wasn't and Brady stayed at LSU with only a moderate raise after the Final Four. 1.5 years later he was fired in the midst of what was going to be his second straight losing season.

Smart ADs know the market.