re: Elijah Robinson is saving A&M’s defensive class

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They can intend to keep him but other teams will come after him, hopefully us. Move Lindsey to analyst for optics and hire Robinson.

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Not as easily done as said.

1. There is a contract in place that would have to be renegotiated. Assuming, of course, that Lindsey would be unable to fulfill his obligation under said contract due to health reason.

2. Assuming Lindsey is amenable to such a move, same would come with a huge cut in pay for Lindsey. No college is paying $600k annually for one analyst. Total shadow staff salaries are in the $600k neighborhood.

examples of analyst salaries at the high end of the spectrum:

Gary Patterson analyst salary = $150k, per attached article from the Austin Statesman.

Gary Patterson analyst Salary

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"Patterson’s salary is far greater than what typical offensive or defensive analysts make. Those positions usually get $25,000. Former head coaches typically like those roles just to receive health benefits while they recharge for another opportunity."

The $25k is on the low end of the spectrum and $8ok is on the high end of analyst pay spectrum for the vast majority of analyst salaries. Of course, there will be outliers like Patterson and Leonhard.

Jim Leonhard's analyst salary at Illinois = $112k per attached article from BadgerExtra.com

Jim Leonhard analyst salary from BadgerExtra.com

Steve Sarkesian made $35k and Butch Jones made $30k per year as analysts at Bama.

LSU 2018 analyst salaries: SDS Article on LSU analyst salaries