Louisiana will fight to keep Hudspeth

[sportsfanatic21]

Scott wants this job to remain attractive if we lose Hud. It's the only way to make sure we can replace him with another young, hungry coach. It's the nature of the beast, Scott is a smart guy. He knows what he's doing here.

Absolutely right

[Turbine]

You don't have to come close to saying what Scott said to accomplish everything you are attributing to his words.

The inadvertant message he is sending out is we want temporary coaches, and we would never dream of putting a buyout clause in a contract.

This is a D1 program not 1aa, this is not how you promote the HC position and make it desirabe for future coaches.

[CajunMarineBBK]

There is a buyout in his contract and it goes down every year.

[Turbine]

There is a buyout in his contract and it goes down every year.

That is the right message.

"we'll do everything we can to help him get the job" does not fit with the logic of having a buyout clause.

[sportsfanatic21]

That is the right message.

"we'll do everything we can to help him get the job" does not fit with the logic of having a buyout clause.

Thinking outside of the box here, but Mark Hudspeth will not be the coach here if we ever get the program to the level that we want it to be. Larger buyout clauses may provide needed funds to make the next hire. I'm not saying that anyone wants Coach Hud to leave now, but you want to make the job attractive to the next guy once it becomes open, and realistically thinking, like I said in an earlier post in this thread (comparing to Boise St), there will probably be at least 2 more hires before the program could get to that level.

[ULGrad@HOU]

I don't have any problem with what Farmer said. It is the right thing to say. If there is a job that Hud wants, especially in the SEC, and we are in no position to compete, then support the guy. If he stays, he knows he is around people that want him, and also respect him. Farmer is taking the high road, and I appreciate him doing just that.

[Just1More]

You don't have to come close to saying what Scott said to accomplish everything you are attributing to his words.

The inadvertant message he is sending out is we want temporary coaches, and we would never dream of putting a buyout clause in a contract.

This is a D1 program not 1aa, this is not how you promote the HC position and make it desirabe for future coaches.

You are gleaning things that are not in that comment. You keep more desirable coaches in play when you speak politely in public. You have a better chance of drafting the Ts and Cs that you want by keeping the inconsequential public rhetoric polite.

[Turbine]

If he stays, he knows he is around people that want him.

How so? You just did everthing you could to help him leave.

[Turbine]

You are gleaning things that are not in that comment. You keep more desirable coaches in play when you speak politely in public. You have a better chance of drafting the Ts and Cs that you want by keeping the inconsequential public rhetoric polite.

IF your goal is to hunt down "1" year coaches, you have a point.

[Textitan]

Turbine, do you really not understand? Or are you just trying to argue?

[Turbine]

Turbine, do you really not understand? Or are you just trying to argue?

I really don't understand the advantage of a program billing itself as a job search agency.

[sportsfanatic21]

I really don't understand the advantage of a program billing itself as a job search agency.

Look at the difference between now, and prior to Hud's hiring. The next guy comes in and builds it a little bigger. Its a step by step process. It will take two or three "1 year coaches" to get where we want to be. There are few exceptions to this (Bobby Bowden at Florida State and Frank Beamer at Virginia Tech off the top of my head).