Must we compete in the coaching salary horse race? I say let's be innovative. If Beamer can find a better spot for him at a higher salary, let him go. We aren't ever winning a National Championship or competing for talent, so why not win as much as we can on the cheap. We should only hire coaches or coordinators from Div 2 or 3 schools and treat them like they are on a rookie contract in the NFL. If after 3 years, you've proven yourself, you get a raise. Otherwise, cut bait.
Well given how many SEC teams consistently perform better than us (to date), it's still generous.
When does the madness end? I honestly do not care about the game anymore as currently constituted. It has become a gigantic mess who no one wants to clean up. The answer seems to be more money as if there is an endless supply somewhere to pay $6.5 million a year to a coach in his third year. His success is really gauged by 3 fantastic victories and a number of mediocre victories, sprinkled with some embarrassing losses. Why can't we just put our foot down and say no to entitled coaches like we would to an entitled teen? If this is really a dream job and he truly loves the school, then a million dollar raise shouldn't drive him out of town. If it dies, well thanks for the memories and bye.
How much are y'all paying Dabo?
Is there different kinds of buyouts?
I stand corrected. If fired without cause, the buyout will by 65 percent of his remaining contract. If South Carolina fired Coach Beamer today South Carolina would have to pay 65 percent of 33 million dollars which would be 21.5 million and would roughly reduce each season until contract termination.
This may be the worst post in any forum that I have ever seen. #cluelessinVidalia!
There are only 2 conclusions I can draw from your response.
Somewhere a Tater Village is missing someone!
I guess 65% without cause ain't too bad. The problem is "cause" doesnt cover as many things as it should.
I guess cause is for off the field conduct or knowingly violating the NCAA rules in which Hugh Freeze was guilty of both at Mississippi. This is a tough conference so I would not fire a coach with cause based on wins or losses. However I might have fired Coach Muschamp with cause (if these rumors are true about 2018 bowl game against Virginia) for not doing the best to prepare a football team for a bowl game for given time off and not practicing the full authorized amount time allowed
I agree that it would be difficult to fire based on wins and losses. Kinda wish you could, but I understand why not. That said, I would even moreso like wins and losses to be a factor if say year one was your best year and you just finished up year four. To me, that's failure and at some point, failure should be cause.
I wouldn't say it hurt, a win over Clemson rarely does. But I also think it also could be a little bit of fools gold. I think Clemson just felt they could roll their helmets out on the field and win. Felt all year that Clemson was not as powerful as years past, but was living in the past and over confident. UT game was the bigger mystery. You hear rumors of NIL issues in the locker room that week in Knoxville, but I don't know how that explains UT just not showing up. But the wins are better than not getting them. But it still doesn't change the overall trajectory of things. Over time, talent always wins out. And USC just cannot match either in recruiting. And forget matching Bama and UGA. Beamer has done a decent job, and has had some good fortune that has been good for him. But USC has a history of overpaying at the slightest hint of success. Then when it comes to light a couple years later that the corner isn't turned, or worse, they find themselves in a financial bind like they did with Will and Frank
You make very valid points, but on the recruiting, during Spurrier's tenure, we were battling for top recruits against the top schools, which is where our success came from
