If Riley turns down 8yrs/96 million…

If he turns down 15 million a year to coach at LSU, where he's damn near guaranteed to win a Natty, then good riddance, Charmin soft

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There's so much more that goes in to making this decision for him than money

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I agree.

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There's so much more that goes in to making this decision for him than money

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It's money. That's why you open the door & respond. If Riley did all of this in bad faith to get $2mil a year more from OU instead of $5mil a year more from LSU, he's a damn unprofessional fool.

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It's money. That's why you open the door & respond. If Riley did all of this in bad faith to get $2mil a year more from OU instead of $5mil a year more from LSU, he's a damn unprofessional fool.

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Well he did bitch about Baylor kicking a field goal instead of manning up and acknowledging he got his arse whipped.

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I think he would be very successful at LSU, but not at OU when they move to the SEC. He’s looking at 4 or more losses a year if he chooses to stay at OU.

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Gotcha.

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You may have misunderstood

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I did.

So I agree with you again.

I don't know if the money itself moves the needle. At least, it wouldn't for me. I'm making 6,7,8 mil a year, an extra few just isn't going to do it for me. I can't spend all of that in a year, half of it is getting invested. Kids would get free tuition wherever I'm coaching. As long as I could compete for championships where I'm at and I'm comfortable, I'd probably stay sans another good reason for me to leave.

I agree, and IF he and Woodward have actually looked one another in the eye and agreed and then he reneges on their deal, then he's a dirty rotten snake in the grass sumbich.

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Then he really is soft as baby shite. LSU is clearly a better situation with OU heading into the SEC but, he’s just too scared of the backlash..

He is my number one white whale by far. However, if you start negotiating in bad faith to an AD at a top-5 program, that looks terrible. Red flags everywhere.

That’s bush league shite and I honestly would feel better with Aranda and/or Campbell because I know their teams actually play hard and would not lose to a Lincoln Riley OU team coaching LSU’s talent

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Or in the real world without tiger stripes...

OU might have given him a counter offer that got close enough to the 8/96 and he doesn't want to leave a place he's been at for going on a decade. Moving isn't fun even for rich people. A lot of change and newness, obviously. It's much more than a moving truck and a new house.

Some people value other things besides money especially if it's not that big of difference.

In this case, OU provides way more stability for him, his wife, and young children. He's already set up, they have friends, he just built a house, etc.

Why give that up for a couple of dollars up front?

Over time, he'll likely make more at OU. That could be how he views it. He's probably looking at Bob Stoops as an example. Bob walked on water at OU. He built a giant castle, raised his kids, (still) lives like a king. Lincoln is in the process of being the next Bob (but different).

Bad faith? Man, that's silly. If the stuff from guys like TBL is even true, it sounds like Lincoln entertained LSU but OU countered. That's not bad faith at all. He listened to both sides and made a decision.