I havenāt heard back from my thread, that lane may be closed to me for good. I hope not bc itās become like crack to me.
I spoke with two people on the phone. One works for a BMD that isnāt as active as he used to be, but has talked to a few people that are. He said he had no details except that itās not happening and we are moving on.
The other guy I talked to is a well connected guy and while heās not at the level of our biggest donors, he gives enough money to co-own a suite with his brother. Heās an Austin guy and hosts an event every year where he helps CDC raise some money. He helped a lot with the new hall of fame in the NEZ. He said he was celebrating on Saturday too. As far as what happened, he was told Meyer started to get really stressed out about the whole process. We talked for a long time so I donāt want to write a novel here, but I donāt think Meyer ever believed we would actually pony up and give him just a stupidly good offer. He ended negotiations satisfied with what had been done, Iād guess thatās where the media started getting positive it would happen. Then a rumor went around on Saturday that things were being finalized this week. Thatās when I got so pumped on Saturday and told a lot of curious people it was ādoneā.
This guy doesnāt know what happened on Sunday. Heās still waiting to get the full word, but Meyer basically said heās sorry but heās out and cited the stress of the process and decision was an indicator he wasnāt ready to come back. It sounds like everyone involved on our side did a great job, so at least itās not a Saban situation where our typical dumpster fire screws up the deal. He thinks thereās a big detail that he doesnāt know about that ended up hurting us. Iām sure it will come out later that will tie a lot of this together, because something just doesnāt add up.