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Irish Band of Brothers: Weis' Future Being More Clear: The Wheels are in Motion
Interesting if true.
Interesting if true.
It is plausible for Meyer to leave Florida for South Bend, yet some of the contract specifics seem far fetched. 50,000,000 is completely absurd!
I mean, sure Meyer has proven he can win, but Notre Dame is not Florida talent wise and according to his style of system. There is not another Tebow in sight in South Bend so........
Why is that absurd? He has a 6 year, 24MM contract now. That's a 25% yearly raise plus incentives to move. It will certainly take at least that to get him, particluarly since I am sure a Florida counter is sure to come.
As another point of reference, Saban got a Bama package worth 4MM/year, and he signed an extension in August that is certainly worth more. For ND to get Meyer, they will have to surpass those numbers.
I mean, sure Meyer has proven he can win, but Notre Dame is not Florida talent wise and according to his style of system. There is not another Tebow in sight in South Bend so........
It always baffles me when people underestimate the allure of the only really national university. ND has an in with every catholic school kid in the country and can probably get into the living room of any HS kid they want. They are possibly the only school with a recruiting advantage over those based in hotbeds like Florida, California, and Texas.
Minimize the Irish's self-imposed academic restrictions and they are a bomb just waiting for the right coach to lifght the fuse.
If true, kinda make sense that they'd offer that much to pull Meyer away. Meyer's buyout is only 500,000. Normally to hire a one of the best coaches at one of the top universities will cost you as much as they are going to pay Weis. So only having to pay 500,000 on top of Weis's buyout allows them to offer a bigger contract. They pry wouldn't offer that much if Meyer's buyout was the same as Weis's.
If true I would be happy and disappointed at the same time. To be the best you have to beat the best. I want to see Lane dethrone Meyer. If Meyer leaves though it does give Tennessee a better chance to cherry pick recruits out of Florida. Unless it's Charlie Strong this staff would have better relationships with the kids then Florida's new staff. Some kids from Florida may hesitate to sign with a first year staff. If Meyer leaves it will definitely benefit Tennessee.
If you are the AD at ND and you want to keep your job a little longer, you absolutely MUST make a massive and public offer to Urb. Anything less will result in the ND boosters and fans feeling that maximum effort was not made.
I'm sure that the guy who posted the stuff was taking a shot in the dark, but if Weiss is fired then you have to know that ND will absolutely offer to Coach Meyer more money than has ever been offered for a NCAA coaching job along with whatever other incentives they can come up and they will do this in a public way so that all of their fans know that they did everything they could to get their #1 choice. I don't know the situation at Gainesville, but I know that FSU just mailed out 50 pink slips to faculty members. I'm guessing that it is a statewide problem and, no matter how he may try to spin it, the UF AD is not going to be able to politically justify a million dollar per year + raise to Urban when other university employees are losing their jobs in a bad economy.It says a lot when every ND fan posting underneath the article think it's total BS. And ND and their fans are the biggest BS'ers around so if they can spot it then chances are it is what it is - BS.