Florida St is a good gig and fisher has a championship caliber team for another season and maybe longer depending how recruiting is going. It's hard to see him leave that. I don't see the reason to bolt on a great program after 5 years of work are now paying off.
This is why I didn't mention Fisher. I honestly don't see him as a realistic candidate. It's not as if FSU is a lesser job (Strong), his salary could be increased much (Franklin), or as if he has Texas ties (Briles).
UT could offer Fisher 8 million a year. That's double what he's making at FSU, AFTER his recent extension. Money is going to be a huge factor in who the next UT coach is.
I agree. He's proven he can get his team to the championship game despite playing in a weaker conference. Why leave now?
8 million? Really? You think UT's next hire is going to be paid nearly 50% more than the next highest paid coach in the NCAA? I know UT has virtually unlimited resources, but that just seems like carelessly overpaying.
Saban's new deal is worth more than 7 million a year, so it would not be 50% more than any other job. I would not be surprised to see the next UT head coach be the highest paid coach in the nation. And it's not needless overpaying if it gets you the coach you want. Hell look at the amount of money Arkansas and Tennessee threw out last year. Texas will easily go well over that.
Fine, 50% more than the 2nd highest paid coach. I said carelessly overpaying, not needless. If that's what it take to get Fisher, fine, but has he earned it? Speaking of, Saban has proven to be god of NCAA football. He worked a long time to earn that 7 million. Fisher? Not quite. Throwing 8 million at him just seems silly given his resume. Maybe with incentives, but guaranteed? Yikes.
It's as simple as money. Florida can not compete with UT as far as money or facilities. The following is from Forbes. http://www.forbes.com/sites/chrissm...teams-2013-texas-longhorns-cant-be-stopped/2/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/chrissm...e-teams-2013-texas-longhorns-cant-be-stopped/ UT ranked 3rd in the nation for the most impressive college athletic facilities. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...essive-facilities-in-college-football/page/24 FSU did not even make the list. TCU ranked 17 and Texas Tech ranked 22. I'm thinking there would be a lot of reasons for Jimbo Fisher to consider the UT job if 40 acres came knocking. UT has some pretty significant advantages over most college programs when it comes to recruiting. And if UT wants Jimbo there i no way FSU can compete with the salary UT can offer if the choose to offer it.
The new deal for the ACC is going to kick in which will help equalize those advantages. The big 12 now splits all revenue equally instead of giving texas the most cash. Those facility advantages are dwindling and not as valuable as you might think. We'll see but I think you are overplaying the cash will play for the school.
UT is not paying Jimbo Fisher substantially more than he makes at FSU. They'll pay for a Nick Saban, but not an unproven coach. And value of a program and things like that are irrelevant to a coach - it's prioritizing that nonsense that's made Texas the disaster that it is. FSU provides plenty of reasons to stay. Fertile recruiting grounds, easy path to the playoffs every year, a team positioned to win a title next year, lack of crazy-ass obsessed billionaire boosters, no distrations like filming LHN nonsense, etc.
It will not get FSU close to UT, not remotely close. The Big 12 deal is bigger than the ACC deal 1st of all. Second, UT does not share the 15 million a year they get from the LHN. FSU will get a few extra million a season from the new deal, but they have about 80 million a year to make up. UT is worth 139 million a year, FSU just over 50 million.
Thats not your call and it's not mine. The point is that UT has the money to do it with out even realizing the money is gone. If UT wants Fisher bad enough to pay him they can easily out bid FSU. And last I checked the recruiting grounds in Texas are just as fertile as the recruiting grounds in Florida. By the way, if leading your team to a National Championship isn't proving yourself then you want to explain what is?
I never said they would be close. My point is that once teams pass a certain threshold, the differences in programs becomes smaller. You are acting like the UT program has twice as much machines, buildings, TVs etc. A ton of that money goes to the resources available to non football programs which is why a lot of Olympic sports are really good at UT. Football recruits are not going to care about vollyball facilities which is where the big diaparity lies with programs.
Of course it's not our call - I'm talking common sense. UT isn't going to pay people because they can. It's going to pay people because it's reasonable value for a coach. Jimbo Fisher isn't nearly proven the way that Nick Saban is, and UT is not going to pay him Saban money. Yes, Texas has fertile recruiting grounds - my point is that Florida does too, and he has the advantage of already having inroads there and knowing them backwards and forwards. Coming to Texas is not a step up in that respect. Gene Chizik says hello.
I should add I've been in all of the athletic facilities: lounges, weight rooms, class rooms etc. it's not going to blow you away. The running area on top of the main building had a pretty great view.
