Fisher's A&M contract reset the market and other ADs/donors are just following along. They don't have the spine to realize it's more than likely not a good business decision. Too much desperation and FOMO which really shouldn't be there.
I've said it before...schools and ADs got the catbird's seat with big jobs and big money but instead act like it's an electric chair they have coax coaches into sitting. It's crazy. It's in their blood and like a drug for a lot of these guys and the schools have it and there are only so many of them, especially in the P5. No reason to leave all financial sensibility behind.
What's even dumber is that what's the point of a 10 year contract? You'd think to lock someone up for a duration right? Well it doesn't even do that in a lot of these instances. Fisher can leave A&M at any time with no buyout. On the other hand A&M owes him everything if he's fired. He's not won the SEC west, the SEC, made playoffs or national championship at A&M. Think about that lol. He should have done some of these things multiple times at those prices/terms. Tucker has like 2.5M buyout if he leaves iirc but the school owes him everything if he's fired. 1 good year lol nothing proven yet. Franklin has a somewhat prohibitive buyout the first couple years but then after that it's not much of an issue and again the school owes him everything if he's fired.
So then I ask WTF is the point of a 10 year contract when essentially a coach can leave almost instantly with no big penalty. What the hell do you need to do a 10 year deal for, it's serving no purpose other than to make the coach richer no matter what. 10 years or whatever many years is usually not worth paper it's written on except for the coach/agent.
I say it all the time...heads I win tails you lose and ADs and donors are thank you sir may I have another. If I'm an AD I let them go, you're more than likely to be on the plus side. Just a small handful of guys bring the results that are worthy of the salary.
