Hugh Freeze is FBS' lowest paid head coach at $202,160/year

[covcaj]

Oh yeah, and if "if" was a fifth we would all be dunk! If that statement were true, no one would be fired. At Ole Miss you can not get the superior athletes needed to compete in the SEC West. It may take years to overcome LSU, BAMA, Auburn, and even Miss State. The question is will they be patient with the new coach?

Haven't been yet. I remember when Baldwin was fired, Rodrigue was the leading candidate, and rumor was that he was ready to accept. As I understand the story, Bowen talked him out of it. Said the (then) USL program wasn't going anywhere because the admin wasn't behind it. Next year, Rodrigue was offered West Virginia. I believe the same is true for Hud. A couple of years out, with continued success, he'll get a much better offer.

[zephyr]

I don't know how he gets a big raise from ASU. They were hosting a conference championship game the other day which gave them a nine win season & they didn't put more than 16,000 in the stands including a thousand UL fans.

I didn't say a "big" raise as that is an open ended statement. I did say that I'd be surprised if he doesn't get an extension AND raise which can come in the form of many things when you have private funding dollars. At the very least, you extend him making any type of payout for leaving much higher. While I understand that their fan support was very unflattering, they also have a higher operating budget than the cajuns and we have one of the highest paid coaches in the league so it is possible.