I've heard that Brian Kelly's buyout structured by fellow "genius" Swarbrick is $16MM.
Yes Bernie the system is rigged but not against the average man/woman in the workforce but rather against the average ND fan. For generations ND has had fanatical and loyal fans who love the game, love the campus, love the tailgating and love the university. This inelastic demand has created huge revenues for the school who in turn has become arrogant and stupid when taking care of this same loyal fan base.
The idea that they would produce almost 30 years of third tier football in exchange for this money is disgraceful. They've botched endless coaching hires and then end up paying these coaches millions more to go away.
Now the ND "establishment" has their guy in Kelly. A coach whose nickname is Coacho Cinco on the message boards for going 8 & 5 most years and whose free market value based on his pedigree and coaching performance is about $250,000+/- a year as either a head coach at a mid major program or a position coach in the NFL. Of course the establishment is more interested in keeping themselves rich and happy than they are in winning at the highest level again. Because of this they load up his contract with a big buyout and a pay raise even though no one wants to "steal" him from us and basically ensures us that they will never fire him either.
Meanwhile the Midwest has gotten more competitive with Meyer at OSU, Harbaugh at Michigan and Lovie at Illinois. Instead of going after a splash hire to get us back in the fray the establishment doubles down on a proven dud as they think the fans will never sway and will continue to support a dying ND brand even with more tickets to sell in an expanded stadium.
Congrats to the ND Establishment! Thanks for taking advantage us and putting us further behind the eight ball so ND football can remain the punchline of every joke at ESPN for years to come.
Yes Bernie the system is rigged but not against the average man/woman in the workforce but rather against the average ND fan. For generations ND has had fanatical and loyal fans who love the game, love the campus, love the tailgating and love the university. This inelastic demand has created huge revenues for the school who in turn has become arrogant and stupid when taking care of this same loyal fan base.
The idea that they would produce almost 30 years of third tier football in exchange for this money is disgraceful. They've botched endless coaching hires and then end up paying these coaches millions more to go away.
Now the ND "establishment" has their guy in Kelly. A coach whose nickname is Coacho Cinco on the message boards for going 8 & 5 most years and whose free market value based on his pedigree and coaching performance is about $250,000+/- a year as either a head coach at a mid major program or a position coach in the NFL. Of course the establishment is more interested in keeping themselves rich and happy than they are in winning at the highest level again. Because of this they load up his contract with a big buyout and a pay raise even though no one wants to "steal" him from us and basically ensures us that they will never fire him either.
Meanwhile the Midwest has gotten more competitive with Meyer at OSU, Harbaugh at Michigan and Lovie at Illinois. Instead of going after a splash hire to get us back in the fray the establishment doubles down on a proven dud as they think the fans will never sway and will continue to support a dying ND brand even with more tickets to sell in an expanded stadium.
Congrats to the ND Establishment! Thanks for taking advantage us and putting us further behind the eight ball so ND football can remain the punchline of every joke at ESPN for years to come.
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