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I don’t care who replaces BK, it just cant be a 10 year/$100 Million deal again
Posted on 10/26/25 at 12:52 pm
Posted on 10/26/25 at 12:52 pm
No potential head coaching hire is worth that, and it’s too consequential to lock ourselves into that level of financial commitment.
3-5 year contract at the longest
3-5 year contract at the longest
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Posted on 10/26/25 at 1:04 pm to Ping Pong
This next hire could break LSU. The damage done by BK's failure to compete is a scar that will last a long time
Posted on 10/26/25 at 1:07 pm to Ping Pong
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3-5 year contract at the longest
3 year contract? I get that with unlimited transfers and paying players you can turn around a team in a year but you likely wouldn’t get any decent coach to consider a 3 year deal.
Posted on 10/26/25 at 1:26 pm to Ping Pong
The problem isn’t 10 years or $100 million. The problem with all of these contracts is the amount of the buy outs. Or in the case of Kelly, a FULLY GUARANTEED contract. That was just irresponsibly desperate on LSU’s part.
Posted on 10/26/25 at 1:33 pm to Ping Pong
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3-5 year contract at the longest
You aren't getting anyone decent for less than 5 years, and probably $8Mish.
That's the low end.
Posted on 10/26/25 at 1:35 pm to LSU82BILL
There should be some tie to results, either in the buyout or the pay scale/duration. Real jobs (not politics or coaches) require some degree of competence. Most employees have to perform to at least some minimum standards to keep their job and get paid. Player contracts should have the same.
Posted on 10/26/25 at 1:38 pm to Ping Pong
In the age of needing money for players, the 10 year $100 plus contracts for coaches may be done. Someone is going to pay huge money for Kiffin, but I hope it’s not us. Kelly, Jimbo, and Franklin may be the poster boys for why it’s a bad model.
Posted on 10/26/25 at 1:41 pm to cafeaulait19
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There should be some tie to results, either in the buyout or the pay scale/duration. Real jobs (not politics or coaches) require some degree of competence. Most employees have to perform to at least some minimum standards to keep their job and get paid. Player contracts should have the same.
It will never happen, coaches have all the leverage.
Posted on 10/26/25 at 2:29 pm to Ping Pong
Agreed 3-5 years make it incentive based!
Posted on 10/26/25 at 2:34 pm to LSU82BILL
quote:The buy out is literally tied to what’s left on the contract, so you can’t say one is a problem and not the other.
The problem isn’t 10 years or $100 million. The problem with all of these contracts is the amount of the buy outs
Posted on 10/26/25 at 2:37 pm to Ping Pong
Knowing us, it’ll prob be 5-6 years starting at 11 and goes up to 13 at year 3 or something
Posted on 10/26/25 at 2:39 pm to Ping Pong
That eliminates Woody from being able to make a hire.
We are going to the clearance rack for our next Coach. It will be someone like Gundy or Sumerall. Recently fired big name or first power 4 job.
We are going to the clearance rack for our next Coach. It will be someone like Gundy or Sumerall. Recently fired big name or first power 4 job.
Posted on 10/26/25 at 2:41 pm to Ping Pong
It’s going to be for 11/120. These things always go UP, not down.
Posted on 10/26/25 at 2:42 pm to MOT
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The buy out is literally tied to what’s left on the contract
Well you can also negotiate a termination clause… if fired in year _ of _ you get xx percent of remaining contract.
This post was edited on 10/26/25 at 2:43 pm
Posted on 10/26/25 at 2:49 pm to Tigercowboy
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We are going to the clearance rack for our next Coach. It will be someone like Gundy or Sumerall. Recently fired big name or first power 4 job.
If we're going to fire BK for Gundy, I'd just rather keep BK.
Posted on 10/26/25 at 3:04 pm to Ping Pong
A 5 year guarantee would be the best way.
Add a clause to the contract can be extended another 2-3 years IF certain conditions are met, such as the team making the CFB playoffs 2 out of the 5 years.
The team must have at least 8 wins per season, say 2 maybe 3 seasons, out of those five years or buyout would be halved.
Another clause would be if the team loses 6 games a season after the 3rd year, the guarantee would be halved and coach would be subject to termination without issue.
Add a clause to the contract can be extended another 2-3 years IF certain conditions are met, such as the team making the CFB playoffs 2 out of the 5 years.
The team must have at least 8 wins per season, say 2 maybe 3 seasons, out of those five years or buyout would be halved.
Another clause would be if the team loses 6 games a season after the 3rd year, the guarantee would be halved and coach would be subject to termination without issue.
Posted on 10/26/25 at 3:13 pm to SidewalkTiger
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You aren't getting anyone decent for less than 5 years, and probably $8Mish. That's the low end.
Disagree. You don’t get proven HC without all that guaranteed money.
I hope we change the philosophy to huge at risk pay. You could absolutely get an up and comer that takes on the opportunity for upside without the bogus guaranteed money expectations.
Posted on 10/27/25 at 7:10 am to MOT
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The buy out is literally tied to what’s left on the contract, so you can’t say one is a problem and not the other.
That’s because that was how Kelly’s (and Jimbo’s) contract was structured. Nothing saying that you can’t have a contract with a lower buyout or no buy out at all. Unfortunately, the market has dictated these buyouts are necessary to retain top tier head coaches.
Posted on 10/27/25 at 7:37 am to Reubaltaich
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The team must have at least 8 wins per season, say 2 maybe 3 seasons, out of those five years or buyout would be halved.
Another clause would be if the team loses 6 games a season after the 3rd year, the guarantee would be halved and coach would be subject to termination without issue.
Sounds good in theory. But if I’m a coach in my prime earning years, I’m looking at the guaranteed contract value and the duration above everything else. If the buyout can be cut in half, the “guaranteed” value is half.
The other thing is.. there is a lot outside of the head coach’s direct control. Especially in this NIL/rev share era. Say the coach goes 8-4 the first two years and the fans aren’t happy. What’s to stop the AD and boosters from cutting off funding and strangling him in year 3 to get out of the contract?
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