Right now, if I had a choice between paying 5 million to players or paying out a 5 million dollar buyout and hiring a Craig Smith, Niko Medved type coach- I'd pay the players. When you have languished this long, you have to have a surge of some sort. Either go all in on paying big money to a coach or be at the forefront of paying players.
You are correct, the AD can't send money to DTA. The AD and his group have a network of contacts around the state that have given money in big chunks in the past. They can ask them to funnel money to NIL instead of other types of giving. It is a tougher sell because it isn't tax deductible but it can be done. Big donors want their money to cause winning. This is the most direct way, at the moment, to change the arc of the program. I hate it- but that's the way.
Yes I did.
Anyone with a brain knows that buying 2 good players instantly changes the team dramatically.
All of that is true in the past. You aren't going to succeed at the Big Ten level (Big 18) anymore with sparse NIL funding like we have now. They are scrapping around for money right now just to pay Christie. They don't have much else to spread around to the better players in the portal.
Coaching still has a lot to do with things. For the moment- we need money for a jolt. Get a high end coach and it will help money come in. However, whether we have a good coach or a lousy one, we are going to need a lot more cash flowing in to survive.
The program doesn't have sparse NIL money. Most players aren't staying places because they love their team, they are staying because they are being paid adequately. I'm guessing Garcia is going to get north of 400k/500k this upcoming year.
Yep- now consider why it is we aren't attracting new signees. Why don't we have Payne? I'm not buying for a second the line that he is a malcontent.
That's right. And the well is pretty dry after paying the guys that have committed to return. I know for a fact that they are hunting around for cash to pay others including Christie, if he should return.
This year, if you hadn't noticed, is a whole lot different than last year. Last year was the first go at it- things have gone big time. Money is not everything. But it is a requirement.
Dream on. You are obsessed with the notion that you get a certain coach and players will fall from the sky. In today’s world, they’d all need a fat HIL bankroll to consistently field a winning team.
You're right I agree. Every year Ben doesn't finish last should be extension on his contract.
Hmmm? Confused? Are you talking about before portal/NIL or can you predict the future? It is a new world order.
Gaard and Barreiro loved Norwood.What’s Norwood Teagueup or down to?
I wish I had all the NIL inside info like you do. I must not be giving enough to DTA. Or you're just making stuff up. One of the is likely partially true.
To me, what is relevant is now and going forward, not what could have been. We will never know….
They can also be impulsive, imprudent, and way over value their worth to other organizations. Just like adults. But I have some sympathy for them because I think they are getting played by people benefiting from their imprudence and overestimating their value on the market.