re: Can LSU afford to fire its current defensive staff and hire new ones?

Woody can find money when needed. He’s done this too many times, he also wants an ROI.

You might remember this one:

Kim Mulkey won't make more at LSU than she did at Baylor, Tigers AD says
Tim Buckley
Lafayette Daily Advertiser
New LSU coach Kim Mulkey’s has one of the richest contracts in women’s college basketball. The deal is similar to what Mulkey made at Baylor.

The LSU Board of Supervisors’ athletic committee gave its stamp of approval Thursday morning to terms of the contract, which is laden with incentive clauses. Mulkey agreed to an eight-year, $23.6 million package, according to records obtained by USA TODAY last week.


“Essentially her contract was the exact same contract that she had at Baylor," LSU athletics director Scott Woodward told committee members before contract terms were approved. "I couldn’t ask her to take less, obviously, with her incredible career and incredible record. But she understood what we had here and how badly we wanted her, and she took the exact same thing that she had at Baylor."

According to tax records obtained by USA TODAY, Mulkey made more than $3 million in 2019, including about $600,000 in bonuses. But otherwise it's not clear exactly how Mulkey's contract at Baylor lines up with her new deal at LSU.