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"They only gave me 4-5M a year because they said I couldn't win the big games as outlined by Penn State when they fired me"
It's gotta be a fair market value salary for a coach at a commensurate FBS type job. That would give a ton of flexibility. Pay him $5 mil a year and have PSU pay the difference for several years.
And that's why we don't announce the philanthropy gift until after his contract is finalized.
Bye week has no chance of beating us.
Sad to say, but as a fellow distance runner (before the second knee operation ended that) and a hiker, I've had had this situation more than once.
Personally, I'd rather see VT football collapse on TV than go to Disney. Cost is way, way less. What does it cost to take a family there for a day? $1,000, $2,000? Guess it depends if you are local or not and have to include all the travel costs.
Received a gift certificate for Father's Day in 2022 for Royal New Kent, and just wasn't been able to use it until this past weekend. We tried to set up some extra rounds around Richmond with my buddy's familial contacts, but they all were out of town. (Hermitage, Willow Oak, Kinloch...) Well, I guess that worked out because Sunday wasn't the most conducive day to play, yet alone at any of those big boy tracks. We drove down Sunday afternoon, got splashed on the Bay Bridge Tunnel with the winds and storm surge breaking waves on the pilings, and rewarded ourselves with a few pints and a pizza at Triple Crossing. Got a hotel by the airport, and were the second ones out Monday morning. No rain, a club wind for the most part, and open fairways. I've looked at pics, scooted around google earth, read up on it, know plenty of people that have played it...but nothing prepares you for the real deal.
I know they did a ton of renovations in 2018, converting the greens to bermuda, rebuilding nearly every bunker, redoing the irrigation system. You can see it, for the most part. But now, 7 years later, there are some jungle spots just off the fairway and cart paths out there. Dense, thick, get lost type thick.
After getting the first hole, and the intimidation of the tee shot and the second shot 40' uphill out of the way, the course settles in nicely. It's a second shot course if there ever was one. The landing areas off the tee are generous, but it's the approach (or tee shots on the par 3's) that truly matter most. And my second shots were mediocre on Monday. Managed to close out the round at 2 over for the last 5 holes, so that's something. Neither of us mad a single putt all day outside of 8 feet. But both of us will be back, at some point, even if it's another 3-4 years to do so. Wild place, but knowing the lines now, feel like we both can improve our scores and still have fun.
welp. I still don't like his style of ball, but I think if we can elevate ourselves AND bring them down a peg, we should
I mean shit, the buyout runs through 2031, so you conceivably have 6 years to make it work. There's enough time there for a guy like Franklin to come in and transform VT back to a power at the top of the ACC, all while Penn St is paying for it.
Oh, and that buyout would end right around the time that the ACC is predicted to implode, and you'd think that someone like Franklin would have VT positioned to make the P2 jump, which would pay off hand over fist.
Its absolutely something worth doing. Bet on it to work out and expect to pay off any short term debt with longer term gains, because if it doesn't work out, you're probably fucked anyway.
Like the thought process. Not quite sure he can do that. Did a little googling:
"Franklin's contract includes an offset clause that will reduce the amount Penn State owes him if he takes a new job. This clause requires Franklin to "diligently search for and make a good faith effort to obtain another position appropriate for his skill set (i.e., coaching, scouting, and broadcasting only)" and to "make good faith efforts to obtain the maximum reasonable salary" at his new job."
Obviously there is a lot of wiggle room in both "a good faith effort" and "maximum reasonable salary". I could see a 3-5 million range not setting off a legal challenge but don't believe he can take a P4 job at a basement salary. So yeah the possibility to hire him for a nice discount exists, but not for a "fire sale" price.
I said effectively the same thing in a different thread and I agree. Hire him for a low amount, put in some nice bonuses and put some of the difference to the assistants and the rest into the NIL fund. Just remember you still have to be able to pay those coordinators when the offsets end.
That does sound like a California move.
10 years ago, who'd have thunk that Duke may have two of their head coaches poached away by P2 programs while VT was was flailing around with two head coaches that struggle to stay above .500?
IDK- he always keeps the games close..but he never wins the BIG one....
I doubt that it will. Two good plays does not make a good game.
More reps for Sheldon Robinson isn't a bad thing.
Yeah - trying to flush the system before is my best strategy to date.
There are a few portajohns on the trail, but trying to time the run/pace to coincide with them is a fool's errand. Not to mention a mid-run-dump is a hellish experience. May as well do it straight out of the shower without drying off first then immediately raw dog 10 miles.
I mean if I was Franklin I'd take a $1m per year salary from the new school, letting Penn St cover the remaining $7m per year, use the savings in head coach salary to pay the coordinators an absurdly high range, and just let the wins roll in. If VT is serious about the increased budget, such a petty setup could really pay off, especially if he's able to have this recruiting region follow him.
Virginia Tech, please do this.
So instead of the money going to the pensioners in California who earned it, they're proposing to funnel that money to Big Ten schools to prop up their athletic departments?
Yeah, that seems about right
Godfrey and Staples both reporting it on their podcast. Their sourced by agents.
Godfrey says James Franklin is petty and might take a ~$4m/year deal just to fuck over PSU.
Why not?
Seems to me VT SHOULD hire him for a reduced amount if they can.
Not sure I buy this. No way he agreed to this right?
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If he'd come to VT, we should hire him in a millisecond.
Can see pics from this hosting site. What does it say?