Coaches salary

[CajunEXPRESS]

Dude you are suffering from CDS. Hud is not going to any just Power 5 team that comes calling. There are a few jobs he would take in a minute. We do not KNOW which of those jobs he views that way, and then THOSE schools have to be willing to pay what it will take to buy out his contract.

So the logic is to make sure Hud is happy salary wise, facility wise, assistants salaries. By doing this he is most likely to be very particular, and YOU are not draining the treasury by paying him. He is the driving force for what is goin on, and if he leaves the bigger the contract the bigger the buyout. We lose ZERO by doing what is within our abilities to make him happy.

Now please quit being the devise advocate just so you can post what you think is insightful views nobody else is thinking of.

[CoolCajun123]

Nobody will pay HUD 85 million dollars a year

Who said $85M? I didnt.. I said add a few zeros, meaning they will pay him more than we can afford

[CrazyCajun]

Who said $85M? I didnt.. I said add a few zeros, meaning they will pay him more than we can afford

If you add a few zero's to his current salary, that would be 85 million

[CajunEXPRESS]

Ha, if you added a few zeros we are talking 850 million or more. Naw I would never pay Hud 850 million.

[Just1More]

Look i want to pay this man millions for what he has done and for what he has the potential to do with UL athletics. The reality is he will not stay too much longer, he will leave for a bigger school when they add a few zeros to the end of his check. As much as he likes it at UL, he will not stay and retire at this school. I want to pay him what he desires and deserves, but i do not want his salary to drain funds ad inhibit UL from hiring a top tier coach when he leaves. If we renegotiate his contract then we need to have expensive buyouts for Miss St and other big schools that he would like to go coach at.

Your logic wouldn't have kept Hud after year one. I'm sure your exact post would have resonated then with someone else of limited comprehension. The money you think we have in an account that is available for things other than coaches' salaries does not exist. The money to retain coaches is raised. And many of the people willing to provide that money are explicitly donating that money for that purpose. They have the business wisdom to know their money is raising the entire table at UL. They don't suffer from the myopic view syndrome.

As for buyout clauses... without a doubt... we need to have much better buyout clauses for Hud, should we increase his salary. I see no reason he wouldn't agree to it. They'll pay a monster buyout if they want him. In reality, when an SEC school goes hunting for Hud, they actually want to pay a big buyout. It maintains their egos. We need to oblige.

[Turbine]

The first number I assign to few is 3 but it can be more.

3 more zeros ... $850 mil

[CajunEXPRESS]

add three zeros, the fewest you can for a few, and 850K turns into 850 million. What were you figuring we were paying Turb, $85,000.00?

[Just1More]

Who said $85M? I didnt.. I said add a few zeros, meaning they will pay him more than we can afford

There's only two ways to add zeros. One of them adds nothing. The other places zeros to the least significant digit. Adding one zero to Hud's salary takes it to $8.5 million. We all know what you meant... it's just fun yanking your chain.

[Turbine]

add three zeros, the fewest you can for a few, and 850K turns into 850 million. What were you figuring we were paying Turb, $85,000.00?

edited just prior to your post but I can't prove it so thanks.

[CoolCajun123]

Ok, cool.... I forgot that we had big donors,with deep pockets... Like T Boy... Pfffffff!!