This means we need to take advantage of every opportunity to get some revenge.
Clemson coach Dabo Swinney agreed Saturday to a new eight-year deal worth $27.15 million, keeping him with the Tigers through the 2021 season.
The Clemson University Board of Trustees Compensation Committee approved the terms on Saturday morning. Swinney will make $3.15 million in 2014, up from the $2.2 million he was set to earn this past season, will have more money available to pay his assistants and has a $5 million buyout if he decides to leave Clemson during the first three seasons of the deal.
Swinney has scheduled pay raises to $3.3 million in 2015 and then $3.45 million starting in 2016. If Clemson wins the ACC championship in 2014, 2015 or 2016, his salary will jump to $3.5 million the following year. He has the opportunity to earn even more based on incentives, ranging from bowl appearances to a spot in the upcoming College Football Playoff.
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That makes him higher paid than CFB right?
Yes.
Significantly. Huge raise for a man that has never beaten USC and has never been without Boyd as a QB.
No argument from me
This is a stupid contract, and here is why:
I understand why the Clemson Board wanted to lock down Yo Dabo Dabo for 8 years at a reasonable salary. It seems reasonable to assume that his salary figure and built-in escalators/bonuses will be outdated in 3-4 years given the arms race that we have seen in the last few offseasons. It theoretically protects the University over the long term. Then you factor in the obvious short term benefits and long term security for Dabo [and in some cases, his staff] and it seems like a win for all parties.
Recent history has shown us that if Dabo exceeds expectations, that salary figure and associated escalators will be pointless in no time. In addition, you've already got a highly paid OC in Chad Morris who deserves a Head Coaching position, whenever he decides its time for him to take it, and another highly paid DC in Brent Venables. If they wish to keep both around, they would be foolish to assume that the pot allocated to them in 2014 will suffice in 2016 or 2017. So how long until Dabo & Co. come back to the Board or AD asking them to re-open the purse strings?
What Dabo has proven is that he is a great salesman, an adept motivator, and has done a fantastic job assembling a strong staff. They were rudderless without the dynamic offense Chad Morris brought to the table, and were held back by Kevin Steele (remember the Cousins' 70-point whipping in the 2012 Orange Bowl?) until Venables came into town. But what if one or both leaves? Is Dabo really that strong of a coach? Sure you could make the argument that half (if not more) of a HC's success is tied to the abilities of his assistants, but when we think Alabama football or the New England Patriots, we think of Saban and Bellichek - the assistants that surround them have been a mixed bag on their own, lending credence to the head coaches' supreme talents and less reliance on the assistants.
In my opinion, the verdict on Dabo is still out - and it says something that his name isn't mentioned when the big time gigs come open (e.g. Texas) - but good for him for cashing in.
The landscape of college football is so fluid that any long-term contracts are problematic at best, (ex. uva/London).
I think the guy deserves a few years extension, but 8 years?
There is just no loyalty on either side for more than a few years.
One could make the same argument of Frank Beamer/Foster. Saban's former assistants have done well for themselves (Muschamp, Jimbo, Dantonio).
He better figure out a way to keep Chad Morris happy and beat FSU/USCe.
He also better not beat our Hokies ever again.
Somebody posted this numerous times and I feel it echoes just as much here. "Because FUCK KLEMPSUN."