Kiffin to FSU?
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FSU was not that terrible (4-5), I am no slick Willie fan but that was insane and $18M to Taggert alone and another $2M to the staff to leave after the season PLUS whatever you have to pay to get a new HC.
I will say my feelings are Willie got a raw deal BUT STILL WON THE LOTTERY!!!!!
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With FSU firing a name HC not even 2 years into the job, what sane HC would want THAT PRESSURE!!!!!
FSU was not that terrible (4-5), I am no slick Willie fan but that was insane and $18M to Taggert alone and another $2M to the staff to leave after the season PLUS whatever you have to pay to get a new HC.
I will say my feelings are Willie got a raw deal BUT STILL WON THE LOTTERY!!!!!Posted On: Nov 5th 2019, 6:21 AM #390581
There are about 4.5 to 6 million reasons why a coach would want that pressure.
FSU is still only 6 years removed from a title and finished in the top 5 from 1987 to 2000.
I do think Lane is happy here but let's not kid ourselves into thinking we would not want a job like FSU.
FAU is great and has potential, but its probably wearing to only see 12k in the seats for a big conference matchup.
You also have to think all the younger assistants with Lane would love for him to jump at that job and take them with them, so they can earn 2x3 times as much and have many more resources.
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So like I said in my earlier post, a ton more money, the challenge of resurrecting what could be a sleeping giant, the relatively easy path to a major bowl game, being on TV every week, and Shane’s great point about more money for the assistants is the draw for whoever takes the job.
But poor or retiring leadership (I read the President of the boosters is also retiring soon) means you also don’t know who the big bosses might be. And as evident with the firing of Taggart there will be pressure to win. But I think coaches at this level want that. At a place like FSU you cannot have a record under .500, and the next guy will be expected to still get to 7 or more wins immediately and need to be at 9 or more by year 3.
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I don't believe Kiffin was ever in the discussion. If we could win 8-9 this year AND win the conference next year I'll start to worry that someone big enough for him to want to go will give him an offer he can't refuse. At this point he doesn't have the record for that kind of offer, just the notoriety.
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Shane Marinelli OC40 said
GeorgiaOwl said
With FSU firing a name HC not even 2 years into the job, what sane HC would want THAT PRESSURE!!!!!
FSU was not that terrible (4-5), I am no slick Willie fan but that was insane and $18M to Taggert alone and another $2M to the staff to leave after the season PLUS whatever you have to pay to get a new HC.
I will say my feelings are Willie got a raw deal BUT STILL WON THE LOTTERY!!!!!Posted On: Nov 5th 2019, 6:21 AM #390581
There are about 4.5 to 6 million reasons why a coach would want that pressure.
FSU is still only 6 years removed from a title and finished in the top 5 from 1987 to 2000.
I do think Lane is happy here but let's not kid ourselves into thinking we would not want a job like FSU.
FAU is great and has potential, but its probably wearing to only see 12k in the seats for a big conference matchup.
You also have to think all the younger assistants with Lane would love for him to jump at that job and take them with them, so they can earn 2x3 times as much and have many more resources.Posted On: Nov 5th 2019, 6:45 AM #390582
4.5 million may not be enough for Kiffin. I get a sense he would want the school to buy in on him like FAU did.
Also while 7 million buyout from FAU may not seem like much its on top of the 19 million taggart buyout.
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voss749 said
Shane Marinelli OC40 said
GeorgiaOwl said
With FSU firing a name HC not even 2 years into the job, what sane HC would want THAT PRESSURE!!!!!
FSU was not that terrible (4-5), I am no slick Willie fan but that was insane and $18M to Taggert alone and another $2M to the staff to leave after the season PLUS whatever you have to pay to get a new HC.
I will say my feelings are Willie got a raw deal BUT STILL WON THE LOTTERY!!!!!Posted On: Nov 5th 2019, 6:21 AM #390581
There are about 4.5 to 6 million reasons why a coach would want that pressure.
FSU is still only 6 years removed from a title and finished in the top 5 from 1987 to 2000.
I do think Lane is happy here but let's not kid ourselves into thinking we would not want a job like FSU.
FAU is great and has potential, but its probably wearing to only see 12k in the seats for a big conference matchup.
You also have to think all the younger assistants with Lane would love for him to jump at that job and take them with them, so they can earn 2x3 times as much and have many more resources.Posted On: Nov 5th 2019, 6:45 AM #390582
4.5 million may not be enough for Kiffin. I get a sense he would want the school to buy in on him like FAU did.
Also while 7 million buyout from FAU may not seem like much its on top of the 19 million taggart buyout.Posted On: Nov 5th 2019, 2:26 PM #390586
Lane's buy out from FAU is only 1 million I believe.
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