re: What are you guy’s opinion on Aranda?

Aranda

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is actively sending out feelers to other viable programs. Canada too. This is a career killer.

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I disagree. For one, at least Aranda (and I imagine Canada as well) has a significant buyout if he leaves early for a non-HC job. I doubt he'd take a HC job paying him less than he's getting now ($1.8-1.9 million/year). Regarding his original contract in 1/16,
"Aranda does not have to pay a buyout if he leaves for a head coaching job. He must pay 50 percent of his remaining salary if he leaves for a non-head coaching job in the Southeastern Conference or “a Football Bowl Subdivision football program within a 500 miles radius of LSU,” the contract reads.

He must pay 20 percent of his remaining salary if he were to leave for any other non-head coaching job."

There's no contract buyout after 12/19. The contract ends 3/31/20.

OTOH, I think big failures of the offense this year could be detrimental to Canada's coaching reputation. Aranda is a proven commodity in the coaching circles. I don't think that applies as much to Canada, especially if he does poorly this year.

Canada's getting $1.5/year for three years. Regarding Canada's buyout of his contract: "If he leaves for a non-head coaching position at another SEC school or to a school within 500 miles of LSU, he owes 40 percent of his remaining salary. If he leaves for similar positions outside of a 500-mile radius of LSU, he owes 15 percent of his salary.

There is no buyout after Dec. 1, 2019."

Bottom line: We probably have the highest paid OC/DC combination in college football and will probably have them a while (barring something stupid like what Bobby Petrino or Hugh Freeze did).