Kinda like giving an extension and raise fur a 13-15 season because that's the way it was written in the contract then allowing the coach " to kick that can down the road" in essence giving himself and extra year. Farmer's workings in all of this isn't lost on me. It's easy to look back now and say that about HUD, if farner lets him walk at that time he would have been crucified.
I believe Marlin received his extension and raise for winning the division his first year. The extension and raise was built into his contract. However, Marlin allowed the university to wait a year or two before executing the new contract due to a lack of funds. If I'm not mistaken, the additional money went to Hud's new deal. Not many people would be ok with delayed compensation that was guaranteed in their contract.
He shared the division and had an overall losing record. It's not marlin's fault that our AD allowed such language in the contract... But no coach should be rewarded for a losing season..ever. while I didn't agree with it, if it was in his contract that he get that...even I thought it was owed to him if that was agreed upon. A deal is a deal even if it's a bad one. While marlin was being ever so thoughtful for Hud's sake... He essentially granted himself extra years on his deal by "allowing us" to do the extension later. The man has hard time relating to players and recruiting but he isn't dumb.
Oh, I agree that the contract was not ideal. It's another example of our AD crapping the bed in regards to details within a contract i.e. Third tier rights in our TV contract. While Marlin did guarantee himself an extra couple of years, he also took in less money while waiting for the extension. Regardless, the man's bank account isn't hurting. No one with eyes would vouch for marlin's recruiting. His previous tenure at Sam Houston st yielded some pretty solid guard play. I'm sure most would agree that our guard play has been subpar other than Payton.
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