I don’t have the spreadsheets to name my ceiling for Key, but I’d also need to know what my fallback plan is, and how much that person will cost. If I don’t pay Key 9.5 but have to pay 6.5 to the next guy to avoid a risk of a Collins redux, I’m probably paying Key 9.5. Unless I have a huge home run lined up for that fallback.
Brent Key got this job because we couldnt afford anyone else. We sold our big home games to Mercedes Benz stadium because we desperately needed the cash. Now we are like, 50 million, no biggie. lol. The problem isn't really a buyout. If we sign Key to a 9.5 million dollar contract then we will never be able to buy him out.
You ever consider that we couldn't afford anyone else because the boosters that are funding this all wanted Key all along? As in, that's why we were able to get him as OL coach because the boosters made it known he would get a shot after TStan went around them to hire Collins in the first place "all along".
If we’re as broke as you’re worried here then we should just fold the program now. Best case in that world is we hit a home run for five million a year and then that person also leaves after two or three years of small to medium raises (they likely aren’t an alum with any prayer of giving us a discount) and then we just hire worse and worse coaches for that price forever.
I don't think we are broke at all, we have the money to have a solid P4 program, but our history doesn't exactly reflect the new idea that we are now able and willing to pay 9.5 million a year for a single coach. We are going from lowest paid coach in the ACC recently to one of the highest paid coaches in all of college football in just a couple of years. It doesn't really make much sense. I don't think any of this matters much, because I don't think Key will get an offer like that elsewhere either. He will get a raise to 6.5-7 million in all likelihood and we will move on.
CPJ was one of the top 2 or 3 highest paid coaches in the ACC his first few years. We are willing to play ball if the success is there imo.
Yep, and CPJ had proven his worth at multiple programs over several years...a lot like Ross, which was a HUGE diff in guys like TFG, and BL.
The opportunity for more is always nice, but I don't think Key or his family are lacking comfort or worried financially. He's making a base salary of $4.5m with up to $1.375m in bonus available this year on a contract good through 2029 with an ~$11m buyout, and he's certainly getting a raise after this season.
You are making me think about this which I hate to think on a Tuesday but not only would it be a raise for him but a pretty good raise for the IRS and they didn’t have to do anything for it.
Is this comment a reaction to the comments from the two morons that Cuse posted above yours, in which case it is ludicrous. Or do you have information that the rest of us are not privy to at this moment?
