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Coach O signs new 6-year, $42 million contract

 

Coach O signs new 6-year, $42 million contract
 
(Source: SEC/WAFB) 
By Jacques Doucet | January 24, 2020 at 8:53 AM CST - Updated January 24 at 9:00 AM 

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Fresh off of a historic season and a national championship, LSU has rewarded head coach Ed Orgeron with a new contract.

Orgeron and the Tigers have agreed to a six-year, $42 million extension.

This marks the second straight year in which Coach O has received an extension from LSU. His deal in 2019 added two years to his contract and increased his annual salary to $4 million.

The 58-year-old Larose native took over on an interim basis early in the 2016 season after Les Miles was fired.

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So nobody is really discussing this here, but I've seen/heard others discussing Coach O's new contract.  Most I've heard say he's earned it, some question it.  I mean, I guess everyone agrees he's earned it, but the question is, can he keep it going to warrant this salary. 

Here's my take. 

Based on his results thus far as HC of LSU, he's been grossly UNDERPAID so far.  And this is how it works.  He started his job based on his assumed value at the time.  He has GREATLY exceeded that value, having compiled a 40-9 record (improving every single season) and sporting the best record of ANY coach vs Top 10 opponents.  So now, he's reaping the reward of those accomplishments.  

What does this make him?  The 4th or 5th highest paid SEC coach?  I honestly don't know, just assuming. 

Kirby?  He's 2-0 against him winning both games by 3 TDs.  Not even close. 

Gus?  He's 3-0 against him.  Enough said. 

Jimbo?  Yeah, Jimbo got him in 2018.  Then we took Jimbo behind the woodshed in 2019.  Coach O is winning more than 80% of his games while Jimbo is averaging about 7-5 or thereabouts at A&M.  

Saban, OK, yeah...Saban is up 2-1 against O.  3-1 if you count the interim year.  Which is fine, since his record includes it.  
But......Saban's salary far exceeds O's and O made it a goal to compete with InbredGumps, and we just beat em. 

Long story short, anyone who thinks this contract is out of line, state your reasons and back em up with factual evidence. This is the market, and quite frankly, considering who is being paid more than O right now, it's possible he's being UNDERPAID.  

Oh, and BTW, Dabo Swinney is reportedly the highest paid coach in the country.  Scoreboard, bishes

And Harbaugh...lol.  STFD

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you and i hashed this out through text, but i’ll do it publicly too. 

ive said multiple times the man deserves A raise. 

6 years at $7mil GUARANTEED however is overkill. 

and the vast vast vast majority of people i see defending this particular contract are the same ones that said A&M was stupid for paying $7.5 for a guy that “never won anything without his other worldly Heisman winning QB”. 

I was actually against the raise/extension last year. Because at that time he had not accomplished anything above what got his predecessor fired.  

However i think some thing closer to what he was given last year $4.5 for 5 but not all guaranteed and with a buyout that was at least manageable for LSU would be more fitting. 

using Auburn or Michigan as examples of Stupidity does not mean we have to follow suit. Auburn would love to get rid of Gus, but can’t because they gave him a stupid contract. 

Dabo didn’t get Stupid money until he won a second ring and proved himself as a permanent fixture in the playoffs. 

 

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To bring Auburn into this, a school that at one time, was paying 3 Head Coaches at one time. Might have been 4, hard to keep up. 
 

I know Alleva in his write-up stated Jimbo, wasn’t the same Jimbo. A friend of mine asked Jimbo, why certain coaches from Fla St didn’t follow him to aTm? His reply, we had been together too long. One coach, Rick Trickett, his OL, that has had a number of stops with Jimbo. 
 

Jimbo’s S&C Coach at Fla St, he’s now back working at LSU with Tommy Moffitt. 
 

Some things just didn’t set well with so folks I know. The jury is still out on him right now. When Woody was at aTm, he put together the contract. One thing aTm has is money, lots of it. Look at the number of Head Coaches, they too have bounced around. 
Jimbo has the win in 2018, but what’s was done in that game, some questions. When friends I know that played and coached at aTm, tell me, y’all got screwed. Jimbo, staff and players were taken to the woodshed. 
 

Back to the question, I have no problem with the raise and contract, we all know O was under paid, is this a catch-up? Right now, O is doing his job, being paid market value. Right now, not many can argue the results. Getting what you paid for. Just look at the money taken in by the university. 

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2 hours ago, Nutriaitch said:

you and i hashed this out through text, but i’ll do it publicly too. 

ive said multiple times the man deserves A raise. 

6 years at $7mil GUARANTEED however is overkill. 

and the vast vast vast majority of people i see defending this particular contract are the same ones that said A&M was stupid for paying $7.5 for a guy that “never won anything without his other worldly Heisman winning QB”. 

I was actually against the raise/extension last year. Because at that time he had not accomplished anything above what got his predecessor fired.  

However i think some thing closer to what he was given last year $4.5 for 5 but not all guaranteed and with a buyout that was at least manageable for LSU would be more fitting. 

using Auburn or Michigan as examples of Stupidity does not mean we have to follow suit. Auburn would love to get rid of Gus, but can’t because they gave him a stupid contract. 

Dabo didn’t get Stupid money until he won a second ring and proved himself as a permanent fixture in the playoffs. 

 

Jimbo didn't win shyte at the school that gave him that contract. 

$3 million/ year more for 4 more years for something he did elsewhere a long time ago? 

Zero comparison imo

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And there's 6 coaches active with a natty. O is obviously the most recent. I'm not certain of every coach's salary, but I know for a fact he makes less with this new contract than 3 of them. I assume les ain't pulling that kinda money at Kansas. 

It's commensurate with his accomplishments and facts back that up. 

Nootch, you like comparing him to Les.  I agree his first two seasons were nothing different than what got Miles fired. Here's the thing. 

During those seasons, he was paid less. And he's improved every season. 

Now he's far exceeded ANY season Miles had...undefeated 15-0 National Champs.  His recruit won Heisman and every QB award, Biletnikoff, Thorpe, e.t.c....

He earned THIS contract. 

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I know this is last seasons pay, but this might help in the discussion.

 

The Highest-Paid College Football Coaches in 2019, Ranked

ByLANCE CARTELLI Oct 28, 2019 

It's a good time to be a football coach in the NCAA. 

While the student-athletes aren't getting paid yet, the coaches are handsomely rewarded for their services.

The elite leaders — such as Alabama's Nick Saban and Clemson's Dabo Swinney — earn more than many NFL coaches, while even the good-but-not-great coaches pocket millions each season. 

 

But who are the highest-paid college football coaches in the nation? Every year, USA Today publishes a database that lists the salaries of 130 FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) football coaches.

Here are the 50 college football coaches who make the most money in 2019. 

SLIDE 1 of 50

50. JUSTIN WILCOX, CALIFORNIA GOLDEN BEARS

 

9241764.jpg?fit=bounds&crop=620:320,offset-y0.50&width=620&height=320(Photo: © Rob Kinnan, USA TODAY Sports)

2019 salary: $2.9 million

Buyout: $13.6 million 

 
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49. GEOFF COLLINS, GEORGIA TECH YELLOW JACKETS

 

9402386.jpg?fit=bounds&crop=620:320,offset-y0.50&width=620&height=320(Photo: Cory Fravel, 247Sports)

2019 salary: $3 million

Buyout: $20.4 million

 
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47 (TIE). JOE MOORHEAD, MISSISSIPPI STATE BULLDOGS

 

9469689.jpg?fit=bounds&crop=620:320,offset-y0.50&width=620&height=320(Photo: Steve Robertson, 247Sports)

2019 salary: $3.05 million

Buyout: N/A

 
SLIDE 4 of 50

47 (TIE). BARRY ODOM, MISSOURI TIGERS

 

8730735.png?fit=bounds&crop=620:320,offset-y0.50&width=620&height=320(Photo: Wesley Hitt, Getty)

2019 salary: $3.05 million

Buyout: $1 million

 
SLIDE 5 of 50

46. NEAL BROWN, WEST VIRGINIA MOUNTAINEERS

 

9457664.jpg?fit=bounds&crop=620:320,offset-y0.50&width=620&height=320(Photo: Ben Queen, USA TODAY Sports)

2019 salary: $3.06 million

Buyout: $16.3 million

 
SLIDE 6 of 50

45. MATT LUKE, Ole Piss REBELS

 

9481111.jpg?fit=bounds&crop=620:320,offset-y0.50&width=620&height=320(Photo: John Bowen, 247Sports)

2019 salary: $3.1 million

Buyout: N/A

 
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44. PAT NARDUZZI, PITTSBURGH PANTHERS

 

9413879.jpg?fit=bounds&crop=620:320,offset-y0.50&width=620&height=320(Photo: Charles LeClaire, USA TODAY Sports)

2019 salary: $3.2 million

Buyout: N/A

 
SLIDE 8 of 50

43. CLAY HELTON, USC TROJANS

 

Clay Helton, USC Head Coach(Photo: M. Samek, 247Sports)

2019 salary: $3.22 million

Buyout: N/A

 
SLIDE 9 of 50

41 (TIE). DAVE DOEREN, NORTH CAROLINA STATE WOLFPACK

 

9480199.jpg?fit=bounds&crop=620:320,offset-y0.50&width=620&height=320(Photo: Greg M. Cooper, USA TODAY Sports)

2019 salary: $3.3 million

Buyout: $6.6 million

 
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41 (TIE). SCOTT SATTERFIELD, LOUISVILLE CARDINALS

 

9483519.jpg?fit=bounds&crop=620:320,offset-y0.50&width=620&height=320(Photo: Jody Demling, 247Sports)

2019 salary: $3.3 million

Buyout: $12.4 million

 
SLIDE 11 of 50

40. DEREK MASON, VANDERBILT COMMODORES

 

8834865.jpeg?fit=bounds&crop=620:320,offset-y0.50&width=620&height=320(Photo: Frederick Breedon, Getty)

2019 salary: $3.4 million

Buyout: N/A

 
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38 (TIE). MACK BROWN, NORTH CAROLINA TAR HEELS

 

9407434.jpg?fit=bounds&crop=620:320,offset-y0.50&width=620&height=320(Photo: Jim Hawkins, Inside Carolina)

2019 salary: $3.5 million

Buyout: $3.1 million

 
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38 (TIE). CHIP KELLY, UCLA BRUINS

 

9486028.jpg?fit=bounds&crop=620:320,offset-y0.50&width=620&height=320(Photo: Steve Cheng, BRO)

2019 salary: $3.5 million

Buyout: $9 million

 
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36 (TIE). P.J. FLECK, MINNESOTA GOPHERS

 

9480284.jpg?fit=bounds&crop=620:320,offset-y0.50&width=620&height=320(Photo: USA TODAY Sports)

2019 salary: $3.6 million

Buyout: $9.3 million

Fleck recently signed a seven-year contract extension to stay with the Minnesota Gophers. According to Minnesota athletic director Mark Coyle, Fleck's new deal will pay the coach $4.6 million per year, with a buyout of $10 million if he leaves before 2021.

 
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36 (TIE). MATT CAMPBELL, IOWA STATE CYCLONES

 

9511435.jpg?fit=bounds&crop=620:320,offset-y0.50&width=620&height=320(Photo: Kevin Jairaj, USA TODAY Sports)

2019 salary: $3.6 million

Buyout: $19.8 million

 
SLIDE 16 of 50

34 (TIE). DANA HOLGORSEN, HOUSTON COUGARS

 

9446899.jpg?fit=bounds&crop=620:320,offset-y0.50&width=620&height=320(Photo: © Troy Taormina, USA TODAY Sports)

2019 salary: $3.7 million

Buyout: $13.2 million

 
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34 (TIE). BRONCO MENDENHALL, VIRGINIA CAVALIERS

 

9431442.jpg?fit=bounds&crop=620:320,offset-y0.50&width=620&height=320(Photo: VirginiaSports.com)

2019 salary: $3.7 million

Buyout: $19 million

 
SLIDE 18 of 50

33. MIKE LEACH, WASHINGTON STATE COUGARS

 

8778050.jpg?fit=bounds&crop=620:320,offset-y0.50&width=620&height=320(Photo: Cougfan.com/Whittney Thornton)

2019 salary: $3.75 million

Buyout: $4.9 million

 
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32. JEREMY PRUITT, TENNESSEE VOLUNTEERS

 

9483332.jpeg?fit=bounds&crop=620:320,offset-y0.50&width=620&height=320(Photo: Brianna Paciorka, Knoxville News Sentinel)

2019 salary: $3.8 million

Buyout: $9.5 million

 
SLIDE 20 of 50

27 (TIE). JUSTIN FUENTE, VIRGINIA TECH HOKIES

 

7659090.jpg?fit=bounds&crop=620:320,offset-y0.50&width=620&height=320(Photo: Scooter Waller, USA TODAY Sports)

2019 salary: $4 million

Buyout: $15 million

 
SLIDE 21 of 50

27 (TIE). ED ORGERON, LSU TIGERS

 

9489732.jpg?fit=bounds&crop=620:320,offset-y0.50&width=620&height=320(Photo: © Derick E. Hingle, USA TODAY Sports)

2019 salary: $4 million

Buyout: $7.8 million

 
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27 (TIE). LOVIE SMITH, ILLINOIS FIGHTING ILLINI

 

9487768.jpg?fit=bounds&crop=620:320,offset-y0.50&width=620&height=320(Photo: Patrick Gorski, USA TODAY Sports)

2019 salary: $4 million

Buyout: $4.7 million

 
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27 (TIE). CHAD MORRIS, ARKANSAS RAZORBACKS

 

9486000.png?fit=bounds&crop=620:320,offset-y0.50&width=620&height=320(Photo: Nelson Chenault, USA TODAY Sports)

2019 salary: $4 million

Buyout: $10 million

In November, Morris was fired as the head coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks. 

 
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27 (TIE). KYLE WHITTINGHAM, UTAH UTES

 

Title/Alt Text(Photo: James Durrant, UteZone, 247Sports)

2019 salary: $4 million

Buyout: $12.3 million

 
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26. MATT RHULE, BAYLOR BEARS

 

Matt Rhule(Photo: Bob Levey, Getty)

2019 salary: $4.1 million

Buyout: N/A

 
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25. PAUL CHRYST, WISCONSIN BADGERS

 

Title/Alt Text(Photo: USA TODAY Sports)

2019 salary: $4.2 million

Buyout: $15 million

 
SLIDE 27 of 50

24. MARK DANTONIO, MICHIGAN STATE SPARTANS

 

9428527.jpg?fit=bounds&crop=620:320,offset-y0.50&width=620&height=320(Photo: Mike Carter, USA TODAY Sports)

2019 salary: $4.39 million

Buyout: $7 million

 
SLIDE 28 of 50

23. WILL MUSCHAMP, SOUTH CAROLINA GAMECOCKS

 

9441818.jpg?fit=bounds&crop=620:320,offset-y0.50&width=620&height=320(Photo: © Jeff Blake, USA TODAY Sports)

2019 salary: $4.4 million

Buyout: $19.4 million

 
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22. RYAN DAY, OHIO STATE BUCKEYES

 

9461628.jpg?fit=bounds&crop=620:320,offset-y0.50&width=620&height=320(Photo: Joseph Maiorana, USA TODAY Sports)

2019 salary: $4.5 million

Buyout: $18.8 million

 
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21. DAVID SHAW, STANFORD CARDINAL

 

9274469.jpg?fit=bounds&crop=620:320,offset-y0.50&width=620&height=320(Photo: Ivan Pierre Aguirre, USA TODAY Sports)

2019 salary: $4.6 million

Buyout: N/A

 
SLIDE31 of 50

20. CHRIS PETERSEN, WASHINGTON HUSKIES

 

Chris Petersen, Washington Huskies Head Coach(Photo: M. Samek, 247Sports)

2019 salary: $4.63 million

Buyout: $21.8 million

 
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19. MARK STOOPS, KENTUCKY WILDCATS

 

Mark Stoops(Photo: Mark Zerof, USA TODAY Sports)

2019 salary: $4.75 million

Buyout: $22.7 million

 
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18. KIRK FERENTZ, IOWA HAWKEYES

 

9492610.jpg?fit=bounds&crop=620:320,offset-y0.50&width=620&height=320(Photo: Matt Marton, USA TODAY Sports)

2019 salary: $4.8 million

Buyout: $21.6 million

 
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17. GARY PATTERSON, TCU HORNED FROGS

 

9478461.jpg?fit=bounds&crop=620:320,offset-y0.50&width=620&height=320(Photo: Kevin Jairaj, USA TODAY Sports)

2019 salary: $4.9 million

Buyout: N/A

 
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14 (TIE). CHARLIE STRONG, SOUTH FLORIDA BULLS

 

9427806.jpg?fit=bounds&crop=620:320,offset-y0.50&width=620&height=320(Photo: Will Turner, 247Sports)

2019 salary: $5 million

Buyout: N/A

 
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14 (TIE). WILLIE TAGGART, FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES

 

8665575.jpg?fit=bounds&crop=620:320,offset-y0.50&width=620&height=320(Photo: Travis Register, USA TODAY Sports)

2019 salary: $5 million

Buyout: $17.7 million

In November, Taggart was fired as head coach of the Florida State Seminoles. Taggart went 9-12 at Florida State.

 
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14 (TIE). SCOTT FROST, NEBRASKA CORNHUSKERS

 

9451058.jpg?fit=bounds&crop=620:320,offset-y0.50&width=620&height=320(Photo: Bruce Thorson, USA TODAY Sports)

2019 salary: $5 million

Buyout: $20.4 million

 
SLIDE38 of 50

13. MIKE GUNDY, OKLAHOMA STATE COWBOYS

 

9421177.JPG?fit=bounds&crop=620:320,offset-y0.50&width=620&height=320(Photo: Pat Kinnison - Go Pokes chief photographer, 247Sports)

2019 salary: $5.13 million

Buyout: $16.6 million

 
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12. PAT FITZGERALD, NORTHWESTERN WILDCATS

 

3030532.jpg?fit=bounds&crop=620:320,offset-y0.50&width=620&height=320(Photo: Steve Helwagen, 247Sports)

2019 salary: $5.14 million

Buyout: N/A

 
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11. JAMES FRANKLIN, PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS

 

9491236.jpg?fit=bounds&crop=620:320,offs(Photo: Harvey Levine-FOS/247)

2019 salary: $5.7 million

Buyout: $16.5 million

 
SLIDE41 of 50

10. DAN MULLEN, FLORIDA GayTurds

 

Dan Mullen(Photo: Chuck Cook, USA TODAY Sports)

2019 salary: $6.1 million

Buyout: $12 million

 
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9. LINCOLN RILEY, OKLAHOMA SOONERS

 

9437390.jpg?fit=bounds&crop=620:320,offset-y0.50&width=620&height=320(Photo: Sean M. Haffey, Getty)

2019 salary: $6.4 million

Buyout: $21 million

 
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8. JEFF BROHM, PURDUE BOILERMAKERS

 

8787853.jpg?fit=bounds&crop=620:320,offset-y0.50&width=620&height=320(Photo: Sandra Dukes, USA TODAY Sports)

2019 salary: $6.6 million

Buyout: $27.7 million

 
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7. TOM HERMAN, TEXAS LONGHORNS

 

8719472.jpg?fit=bounds&crop=620:320,offs(Photo: Tim Heitman, USA TODAY Sports)

2019 salary: $6.8 million

Buyout: $20.4 million

 
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6. GUS MALZAHN, AUBURN TIGERS

 

9491985.jpg?fit=bounds&crop=620:320,offset-y0.50&width=620&height=320(Photo: Jason Caldwell/Inside The Auburn Tigers, 247Sports)

2019 salary: $6.83 million

Buyout: $27.1 million

 
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5. KIRBY SMART, GEORGIA BULLDOGS

 

9471415.jpg?fit=bounds&crop=620:320,offset-y0.50&width=620&height=320(Photo: Dale Zanine, USA TODAY Sports)

2019 salary: $6.87 million

Buyout: $24.2 million

 
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3 (TIE). JIMBO FISHER, TEXAS A&M

 

9439941.jpg?fit=bounds&crop=620:320,offset-y0.50&width=620&height=320(Photo: Bob Levey, Getty)

2019 salary: $7.5 million

Buyout: $60.6 million

 
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3 (TIE). JIM HARBAUGH, MICHIGAN WOLVERINES

 

9408072.jpg?fit=bounds&crop=620:320,offset-y0.50&width=620&height=320(Photo: Tim Fuller, USA TODAY Sports)

2019 salary: $7.5 million

Buyout: $11.7 million

 
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2. NICK SABAN, ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE

 

Nick Saban(Photo: Stuart McNair, 247Sports)

2019 salary: $8.9 million

Buyout: $34.1 million

 
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1. DABO SWINNEY, CLEMSON TIGERS

 

Dabo Swinney(Photo: Harry How, Getty) 1COMMENTS

2019 salary: $9.3 million

Buyout: $50 million

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This is what the market rate is.  And...it might actually still be a little bit low.

I understand the "do we pay this based on a single season" argument.  But when you compare Orgeron's contract to Saban, Swinney, and others who have had their programs at an elite level for multiple years, it is in-line.

When you look at the article Dad posted above, Orgeron is being paid in line with Kirby Smart and Gus Malzhan. Those programs may be a thorn in the side of LSU at times, but I don't see them eclipsing LSU anytime soon.

This is the state of the NCAA payscale for elite FBS schools (plus Northwestern for some reason). If this is overkill and Orgeron proves to be a flash in the pan, we will know when the contract is more than half over and at that time the buyout balance will be palatable, but by that time the inflation of FBS HC salaries will probably mean that this is what we'd need to pay for a new head coach (and that will probably be the salary floor for the going rate at that time).

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The guy that surprises me is Will Muschamp, how is that guy still a head coach, and making the money he's making???  He failed miserably at Florida and had no success after that prior to USCe making him their head coach.  And he is failing there also.  He should be a DC IMO.

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