Auburn Fires Bryan Harsin
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Watched part of that game, especially the second half, sort of thought this was coming.
Only thing is, Freeze just signed an 8 year $40 million deal. with Liberty I am not certain but, I understand that his buyout is $20 million.
Since Liberty is private I don‘t believe the buyout is public. But there’s no way a buyout of a coach to the school is $20M. Maybe a couple of million, if that.
This guy wasn't a bad coach before he got there and he's not a bad coach now. He just didn't belong there. He needs to get back in his element. If he does, he'll be quite alright.
Boise has done poorly without him. Maybe a reunion should happen? Just a $25M career detour for him ($15M buyout + $5M per year for 2 years).
You are probably correct. I got the $20MM from a banner strip on espn so, it may have been referring to the previous news bit. I did try searching for it but never found any amount stated.
HOWEVER, in my defense take a closer look at the numbers. $5 million/year for 8 years, a $20MM buyout would definitely be in line with the current market. And if Liberty is willing to pay $5 million a year, for a relatively long term contract, a $20 million starting point is peanuts.
Reports suggest they got the guy from Miss. State. He's supposed to be an administrative star.
He is a good college coach. Don't be surprised if they go for the Baylor coach and Rhule goes back to Baylor after.
Maybe for the buyout the school owes him if he is fired without cause. As we know all too well (Muschamp) those can be 8 figures. But agents don‘t allow huge numbers for what a coach owes the school if he leaves.
Same could be said of Skip Bertman at LSU, who did a masterful job as AD for nine years, I think it was. Unfortunately, not all ex-baseball coaches are premier ADs, apparently.
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