Holy Toledo!!!!

[CajunZ1]

Don't know where you got that info from!! Toolame hasn't come close to paying ANY coach that kid of money, not that they can't afford to pay that much!!!

I think Toledo was making 600k+. You may be right that it won't be 800k-1M, but I think it will be.

Next year's game vs. Tulane should be fun, especially if they make a bad hire!

[ATXCajun]

No, it's not, but you can't win at Tulane.

...and even if you do win, no one cares. They went undefeated awhile back and NO still drove to BR to watch college football

[anhil8tor]

Try not to look at Tulane through vermillion colored glasses....

[Hammer58]

Now why would a coach turn down a PAC-10/12 BCS program to take a job at non-AQ CUSA doormat who couldn't get 1000 people to their last home game?

[Lexhead]

I really think Tulane would be a bad fit for Hud, if he wants to get to the SEC.

Tulane is a death sentence for a coach. The University doesn't support athletics. More than a few of the faculty and administrators there have this bizarre Harvard of the South fantasy that they think is incompatible with a legitimate athletic presence on campus. (Ironically, they think they are the smart ones.) The students do not support athletics and only a handful of alumni give a hoot. They have scratched together some success in baseball through the will of a single man and the help of a few dedicated alumni. That has not an will not happen in football. Lest we forget, before Hurricane Katrina they very nearly gave up their football program altogether.

I expect Tulane will struggle to find a head coach. They may even seriously consider Bustle before it is all over.

[cajun4life]

Try not to look at Tulane through vermillion colored glasses....

I'm not, Tulane is 4th in their own market behind the Saints, Hornets and Zephyrs. They only accept 12 athletes who don't meet their admission standards per class. This limits them severely in recruiting, why would HUD leave here when he can basically determine when and where he gets his next job. HUD has the perfect storm brewing here right now, growing support, soon to be new stadium, money coming in like never before and there are 3 SEC jobs that will likely open up within the next 5 years excluding Ole Miss. Dooley won't last more than two more years, reicht at Georgia is on a short leash and finally, HUD's dream job will be open in 3-5 years if Mullen can't get MSU to be the 3rd best program in the West.

IMO HUD will ride this job until he can land one of those three gigs.

[CrappDaddy]

Does anyone feel that we can pay a coach 800K to 1M a year? Possibly sometime sioon with increased revenues from football and RCAF?

[cajun4life]

Does anyone feel that we can pay a coach 800K to 1M a year? Possibly sometime sioon with increased revenues from football and RCAF?

Yes, we can. Even without outside money if we continue to average 28k+ per game. We are making about 500k per game right now or close to it, we could reinvest that into the staff in need be.

[Johnboy4713]

I dont know what we can pay him, but I was told by people who know that a million would be next to impossible

And this isnt really all that big a story. Its been in the works for a while, and they already have a replacement lined up

[CajunT]

Anyone think Tulane will call Hud?

They can, but Hud isn't interested in a C-USA program. His dream is to coach in the SEC.