Sounds like Morris is out

[BevoBlake]

Plus, if someone paid Morris' buyout, he'd have to report that as income and pay the income tax on $5.2 million. That would probably eat up his entire first year salary.

I don't think that is how the buyout works. Morris doesn't see a dime of that buyout, it would all go to Clemson. Thus it wouldn't be any form of income for Morris and therefore he wouldn't have to report anything about it on his taxes.

I'm ignorant to how the buyout works. Couldn't you have the same buyout in the contract with us and let somebody else pay it in a few years when he is hired as a head coach?

A school doesn't have to pay a buyout if they're hiring another school's coordinator as their Head Coach. A school only has to pay the buyout if they intend to employ the other school's coordinator as a coordinator of their own.

 

[Dos Horns]

Lol at you guys wanting that aggie Morris.

 

[JimR]

sumthing dont feel right here...we are not who we thought we were..plain and simple...i mean all we were told was ..a top headcoach and top assistants yet we get a tier 2 coach who i will say was my choice behind briles after the pipedreams..and now we cant seem to even get the big name oc to commit..i know its not over but if it end up watson or major then color me way unimpressed..

seriously? does it really matter whether you are or I am impressed?

 

[The_real_gaylord_focker]

If they passed the hat for Saban why not for Morris?

Morris will be a HC in two years at worse.

 

[echeese]

Because he may leave too soon.

Exactly. . .why over pay for one/two year and done. ..

Plenty of good OCs out there. . .

 

[RoyalCrowns]

At Texas, money is no object, except when it is.

 

[aowells]

seriously? does it really matter whether you are or I am impressed?

It matters to me, I like to be impressed.

 

[LinuxHorn]

It's not about the amount of the buyout folks. It's the return on investment. Paying that much isn't the issue. The issue is paying that much and he throws up two fingers out the door to a HC position. That's too much for a coordinator. As someone stated above, I believe he has to pay taxes on that. Not a good deal overall no matter who the coordinator is.

 

[Juan]

Multiple sources (OB and others) are saying that the buyout is too difficult.
Next?

If you dont mind that this if from another site ...

BC put together some info, mostly just googled together, but all together in one place:

List 1 http://www.barkingcarnival.com/2014/1/7/5284928/lets-talk-oc-texas-offensive-coordinator-candidate-profiles

List 2 http://www.barkingcarnival.com/2014/1/9/5293446/lets-talk-oc-ii-more-offensive-coordinator-candidate-profiles

I don't think the ASU OC listed is a possibility for Patterson to hire.

 

[RoyalCrowns]

Who does Korn-Ferry prefer?

 

[gecko]

i'm guilty of it too, but too often we place a huge burden on BMDs to just front cash for a coordinator. 5.2. mil is a crap ton of money.
if UT called any one of you and said "hey, we can have chad morris, but you'll need to write a check for 10k right now" how many of you would do it?

i think every fan of a tier 1 program is often guilty of relying too much on BMDs

But I would cough up $9.95....

 

[DizzG]

Morris will be a HC in two years at worse.

Prob. I wanted the guy but hell he's already up for Vanderbilt now.

 

[Bfennell]

Because he may leave too soon.

^^^^This. $5 mil buyout and a huge contract + 1-2 yrs. of success = highly sought after for an HC position elsewhere.

For that kind of money it's just not worth it. IMO.

 

[RoyalCrowns]

I sure hope Coach Venner gets some consideration.

 

[NWAHorn]

It sucks for Texas and for Chad. But he knew that his buyout was steep when he inked his contract at Clemson. His large salary was directly linked to the large buyout. The buyout is in effect only for a lateral OC to OC move. He can take an HC job with no buyout. My guess is if Franklin does go to Penn State, that Morris will get a ton of consideration at Vanderbilt.

 

[thk23]

what do y'all think about mizzou's OC?

 

[Old Tascosa]

I disagree that $5.2 MM is too much when the BMDs were talking $15 MM for Saban. If we got a buyout agreement from Chad for $5-6 MM for any type of departure for 3 years, then dropped it to applying only to a lateral move (anything less than a college full HC position or a NFL position which paid less), it would almost guarantee him staying for 3 years. Pay him $1.7 MM. with annual increases and incentives for CCG, playoffs, and NC. Total cost over 3 years is still less than $4 MM annually. Alot of money, but not compared to what we were prepared to pay for Saban, & Saban's OC, whoever, would have wanted a lot of money as well.

I guess my question is just how much is a NC worth to the BMD's? Saban was only going to be here for 5-7 years, and they were talking throwing around some real money. 3 years of success where there is no doubt as to who is calling the shots would land Morris a much better gig than he will get now. If Morris is head & shoulders above the competition, as we assumed Saban was, then how much more is he worth than the alternative candidates?

 

[DizzG]

Strong said again this afternoon on ESPN radio he wants an OC with ties to Texas high schools

 

[colepeyton]

todd dodge??

 

[palmettohorn]

Multiple sources (OB and others) are saying that the buyout is too difficult.
Next?

Not so fast, per IT. (Not saying who's right or wrong, just sayin' what they're sayin'. Know what I'm sayin'?)