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If $10 Million Is The Standard (Just To Pick An Arbitrary Number)
Posted on 10/30/25 at 2:02 pm
Posted on 10/30/25 at 2:02 pm
Why not offer the new coach $10 million per year for 5 years, with incentives or benchmarks that would restart the calendar/contract length?
Make the playoff? 5 years starts over
Win the conference? 5 years starts over
Top ten finish? 5 years starts over
You get the idea . . .
This would give the coach financial security, while also saving the school from being obligated to pay 6 - 7 years of unearned salary if a coach shits the bed.
In this scenario, IMO, the most we'd owe Kelly is 3 years, instead of 6.
Make the playoff? 5 years starts over
Win the conference? 5 years starts over
Top ten finish? 5 years starts over
You get the idea . . .
This would give the coach financial security, while also saving the school from being obligated to pay 6 - 7 years of unearned salary if a coach shits the bed.
In this scenario, IMO, the most we'd owe Kelly is 3 years, instead of 6.
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Posted on 10/30/25 at 2:04 pm to ronniep1
quote:never would've been our coach to begin with, nor would anyone else that we wanted, if LSU tried to offer that contract
Kelly
Posted on 10/30/25 at 2:07 pm to ronniep1
5 million a yr. If you make it to year four with success, you get an 25 million dollar bonus and another yr to coach.
Thats a total of 45 million over 4 yrs. Fair price
Thats a total of 45 million over 4 yrs. Fair price
This post was edited on 10/30/25 at 2:07 pm
Posted on 10/30/25 at 2:18 pm to 904
A few comments or questions:
1. How many coaches, outside Jimbo & Kelly, have/had 10 year contracts? (Asking because I've not heard that 10 years is the new norm)
2. Why wouldn't $50 million, using my example, provide financial security to a coach? At a minimum, the guy leaves here with $50 million. With any success, it becomes $60 - $70 million or more.
3. Precisely because of Jimbo and Kelly, 10 year contracts are untenable.
4. Whether LSU or any other big school, the balance of power has to shift. Coaches can't continue to prison rape their universities.
1. How many coaches, outside Jimbo & Kelly, have/had 10 year contracts? (Asking because I've not heard that 10 years is the new norm)
2. Why wouldn't $50 million, using my example, provide financial security to a coach? At a minimum, the guy leaves here with $50 million. With any success, it becomes $60 - $70 million or more.
3. Precisely because of Jimbo and Kelly, 10 year contracts are untenable.
4. Whether LSU or any other big school, the balance of power has to shift. Coaches can't continue to prison rape their universities.
Posted on 10/30/25 at 2:24 pm to 904
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never would've been our coach to begin with, nor would anyone else that we wanted, if LSU tried to offer that contract
I mean…good? Napier got fired too but he would’ve probably done as well here as Kelly and Riley, without the insane prima donna price tag and being on the hook for 10 years. People bitch about players being selfish but who wants a coach at this point with that kind of entitlement? Hopefully we’re the first university to kill the trend of coaches being so massively overpaid even if they suck
Posted on 10/30/25 at 2:37 pm to ronniep1
1. How many coaches, outside Jimbo & Kelly, have/had 10 year contracts? (Asking because I've not heard that 10 years is the new norm)
I don't have every coaches contract at hand, but apparently Kirby, Riley, and Dabo all are on 10 year contracts. A quick google shows that no major program has started a coach with less than a 7 year contract that I see, with the average being 8-9 years. Your 5 year suggestion would be an extreme outlier. I never said that 10 years was the new norm, but 10 years at $10 mil per year is what it took to draw Kelly away from a blue-blood in Notre Dame otherwise we would've settled on less.
2. Why wouldn't $50 million, using my example, provide financial security to a coach? At a minimum, the guy leaves here with $50 million. With any success, it becomes $60 - $70 million or more.
This is a naive comment. Outside of rare cases where the coach is an alum or something, it's not about a coach's financial security... most would be "financially secure" on a $300k salary + benefits. It's about other schools offering a far better deal than 5 years and $50 million guaranteed.
3. Precisely because of Jimbo and Kelly, 10 year contracts are untenable.
They can be both unadvantageous to the universities, and what is required to hire or retain the coach you want. Lane and his agent will probably demand a similar contract, something like 13.5 mil for 8 years, if not more.
4. Whether LSU or any other big school, the balance of power has to shift. Coaches can't continue to prison rape their universities.
They will as long as great coaches are in demand and schools/donors are willing to pay to get a leg up on their competition. It's basic economics and you're just going to have to accept it.
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I don't have every coaches contract at hand, but apparently Kirby, Riley, and Dabo all are on 10 year contracts. A quick google shows that no major program has started a coach with less than a 7 year contract that I see, with the average being 8-9 years. Your 5 year suggestion would be an extreme outlier. I never said that 10 years was the new norm, but 10 years at $10 mil per year is what it took to draw Kelly away from a blue-blood in Notre Dame otherwise we would've settled on less.
2. Why wouldn't $50 million, using my example, provide financial security to a coach? At a minimum, the guy leaves here with $50 million. With any success, it becomes $60 - $70 million or more.
This is a naive comment. Outside of rare cases where the coach is an alum or something, it's not about a coach's financial security... most would be "financially secure" on a $300k salary + benefits. It's about other schools offering a far better deal than 5 years and $50 million guaranteed.
3. Precisely because of Jimbo and Kelly, 10 year contracts are untenable.
They can be both unadvantageous to the universities, and what is required to hire or retain the coach you want. Lane and his agent will probably demand a similar contract, something like 13.5 mil for 8 years, if not more.
4. Whether LSU or any other big school, the balance of power has to shift. Coaches can't continue to prison rape their universities.
They will as long as great coaches are in demand and schools/donors are willing to pay to get a leg up on their competition. It's basic economics and you're just going to have to accept it.
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This post was edited on 10/30/25 at 2:59 pm
Posted on 10/30/25 at 2:47 pm to Forever
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I mean…good? Napier got fired too but he would’ve probably done as well here as Kelly and Riley, without the insane prima donna price tag and being on the hook for 10 years. People bitch about players being selfish but who wants a coach at this point with that kind of entitlement?
Lol. Billy Napier ended with a losing 22-23 record with a much higher starting point at Florida than Kelly came in with. Kelly was 34-14 here... Regardless, it appears that there were no right answers in that coaching cycle.
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Hopefully we’re the first university to kill the trend of coaches being so massively overpaid even if they suck
I'd love to see your takes in the Score Board threads when we're losing to the La Techs of the world as well, in addition to the ranked teams, because we only wanted to pay for a D-tier candidate.
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