Tell Me About Texas a&m

[Burt Macklin 19026]

4 hours ago, Auto Driller said:

If there’s one thing aggys are not hesitant to do it’s congratulating themselves on their own accomplishments, imagined or imagined.

FIFY

[GTX Horn 1708]

2 hours ago, Gidnik said:

[Nice Guy Eddie 13515]

How can A&M not fire Jimbo? I know the answer is $80m or whatever but do we know if A&M has to escalate all of those payments as soon as they fire him? Just pay him to sit in an empty office.

and odds are that Jimbo would want to coach again so he will eventually seek to get out of the contract.

[DanTheHorn 4925]

11 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

How can A&M not fire Jimbo? I know the answer is $80m or whatever but do we know if A&M has to escalate all of those payments as soon as they fire him? Just pay him to sit in an empty office.

and odds are that Jimbo would want to coach again so he will eventually seek to get out of the contract.

Have you been around? Fired coaches take a job at 50k and let the prior contract pay their real salary.

[Cairn Horn88 8265]

3 hours ago, Steel Shank said:

John Sharpe has been awful quiet lately.

[Cairn Horn88 8265]

2 hours ago, Dennis Taylor said:

Probably because  “Our athletic program has reached the point where we require the numbing effects of alcohol,” 

Well, their program needs LOTS of alcohol these days to survive the Jimbo/Sharpe effect!

 

 

 

 

 

[Cairn Horn88 8265]

Never gets old….another week…still the same:

 

[Gaffords 755]

4 hours ago, hornian said:

I also think Jimbo is doing a great job and don’t want him bought out. 

By the start of next season, 5-7 or 4-8 will be remembered as being 8-4, with an almost win against Alabama, complete domination of SC, AR, both Mississippi schools, Auburn and equal to LSU yet slightly better.

A play or two away from making the playoffs, which is a guaranteed Championship and the return of aggy ruling college football for the next decade or two, like they used to. 

In Jimbo we trust... Unless we find the money to shitcan Jimbo after the season.... Either way, same coach-new coach, aggy delusion will not be shaken.

 

[Sir Ulrich 5187]

43 minutes ago, DanTheHorn said:

Have you been around? Fired coaches take a job at 50k and let the prior contract pay their real salary.

But he has no duty to mitigate with his next job. He can make whatever he wants as a bonus to the aggy pay. 

[Neonmoon 38129]

When does the portal open up? December 1st?

[PNWhornsfan 391]

So which member of his merry band of bagmen is Jimbo gonna fire first?

[Genco 3041]

3 minutes ago, Sir Ulrich said:

But he has no duty to mitigate with his next job. He can make whatever he wants as a bonus to the aggy pay. 

These contracts have offset language that reduces a previous employer's obligation for any salary a coach would earn at his next school. His new salary would not be incremental to the ex-coach unless his previous school committed contractual malpractice. 

So I think you're right. Aggy probably doesn't have offset language and he has no duty to mitigate.

[Sir Ulrich 5187]

3 minutes ago, Genco said:

These contracts have offset language that reduces a previous employer's obligation for any salary a coach would earn at his next school. His new salary would not be incremental to the ex-coach unless his previous school committed contractual malpractice. 

So I think you're right. Aggy probably doesn't have offset language and he has no duty to mitigate.

Oh I know they usually do but aggy gonna aggy. 

[Pimphand 5757]

Need to photoshop Bilbo in

[Modessit 5603]

How can A&M not fire Jimbo? I know the answer is $80m or whatever but do we know if A&M has to escalate all of those payments as soon as they fire him? Just pay him to sit in an empty office.
and odds are that Jimbo would want to coach again so he will eventually seek to get out of the contract.

Yep. Can't afford $95 million right now. Don't fire him. Reassign him to an assistant athletic director role and keep paying him his $9.5M salary on the current schedule even if you have to do it for ten years. Easier to make the monthly payments than pay the lump sum, especially when you're going to have to pay for a replacement at the same time. Fire the rest of the staff (hopefully they don't have long guaranteed contracts).

Get a new coach - someone younger and cheaper with a decent track record to come in for 2-3 years at $3.5M or so. If they pan out, bump the pay. If not, then go after the big name once the national impression of Jimbo's aggys has faded.

And they can hope Jimbo decides to quit and forfeit the rest of his pay. Make him the TexAgs liaison. That should do it. Or move his desk to the basement and take away his red stapler. Just keep him away from matches.

[closetohumping 17442]

[GreenspointTexas 9605]

1 minute ago, closetohumping said:

/thread

 

 

omg

[El Squared 1802]

16 hours ago, Guadaloopy said:

Hey that’s a step up for them… actually playing their remaining games.  

Playing Is Hard….

[BigHornedLurker 1940]

8 minutes ago, closetohumping said:

BOMC 

[El Squared 1802]

6 hours ago, Armybrat said:

Obligatory …..

 

Rick going in dry— on himself…full aggum…

[El Squared 1802]

4 hours ago, Steel Shank said:

John Sharpe has been awful quiet lately.

Pouring thru NSA dossiers on Little Big Man to look for cause to term him…

 

[Xminus6 790]

27 minutes ago, Modessit said:

Yep. Can't afford $95 million right now. Don't fire him. Reassign him to an assistant athletic director role and keep paying him his $9.5M salary on the current schedule even if you have to do it for ten years. Easier to make the monthly payments than pay the lump sum, especially when you're going to have to pay for a replacement at the same time. Fire the rest of the staff (hopefully they don't have long guaranteed contracts).

I think his contract stipulates he must be the Head Football Coach. 

[crash_davis 23113]

25 minutes ago, Modessit said:

Yep. Can't afford $95 million right now. Don't fire him. Reassign him to an assistant athletic director role and keep paying him his $9.5M salary on the current schedule even if you have to do it for ten years. Easier to make the monthly payments than pay the lump sum, especially when you're going to have to pay for a replacement at the same time. Fire the rest of the staff (hopefully they don't have long guaranteed contracts).

Get a new coach - someone younger and cheaper with a decent track record to come in for 2-3 years at $3.5M or so. If they pan out, bump the pay. If not, then go after the big name once the national impression of Jimbo's aggys has faded.

And they can hope Jimbo decides to quit and forfeit the rest of his pay. Make him the TexAgs liaison. That should do it. Or move his desk to the basement and take away his red stapler. Just keep him away from matches.

Factoring in Jimbo's remaining salary, the buyout of all the assistant coaches, the new HC salary, and all his new assistant coaches salaries, it's going to cost about $120-140M for aggy to make Jimbo to go away. 

They do not have that kind of money. They are stuck with him probably for the life of this contract.

 

[CoTex 1160]

1 minute ago, Xminus6 said:

I think his contract stipulates he must be the Head Football Coach. 

I dont really understand that provision.

It seems to me that, if they want to make him 3rd assistant to the AD In Charge of don’t come anywhere near the football program, but still pay him, he should be perfectly happy.  10m to not show up for your job?  I’m in.

[Dennis Taylor 18829]

24 minutes ago, GreenspointTexas said:

/thread

 

 

omg

Aggy has as many canceled College GameDays as they do conference wins

[El Squared 1802]

3 minutes ago, crash_davis said:

Factoring in Jimbo's remaining salary, the buyout of all the assistant coaches, the new HC salary, and all his new assistant coaches salaries, it's going to cost about $120-140M for aggy to make Jimbo to go away. 

They do not have that kind of money. They are stuck with him probably for the life of this contract.

 

Unless, well , certain unfortunate events occur…

[Smax 3800]

I dont really understand that provision.
It seems to me that, if they want to make him 3rd assistant to the AD In Charge of don’t come anywhere near the football program, but still pay him, he should be perfectly happy.  10m to not show up for your job?  I’m in.

Egos

[Auto Driller 2506]

1 hour ago, Sir Ulrich said:

Oh I know they usually do but aggy gonna aggy. 

aggy sure knows how to drive a hard bargain.

It’s a good thing they bought that law school or else they might have gotten suckered into a really bad deal.

[Dennis Taylor 18829]

 

 

[C-Man 27230]

10 minutes ago, crash_davis said:

Factoring in Jimbo's remaining salary, the buyout of all the assistant coaches, the new HC salary, and all his new assistant coaches salaries, it's going to cost about $120-140M for aggy to make Jimbo to go away. 

They do not have that kind of money. They are stuck with him probably for the life of this contract.

 

Sounds like a 100-Year Decision!

[conVINCEd 21469]

4 minutes ago, Smax said:

7 minutes ago, CoTex said:

I dont really understand that provision.
It seems to me that, if they want to make him 3rd assistant to the AD In Charge of don’t come anywhere near the football program, but still pay him, he should be perfectly happy.  10m to not show up for your job?  I’m in.

Egos

I’m guessing it was a bet between his agent and his agent friends.

[Hook1997 5363]

Jimbo keeps losing until he gets fired he collects his full salary from aggy every year and he gets WV to pay him 6 million a year, he’s making 16 million a year.  Jimbo is just playing 4D chess here.  Lol

[Dennis Taylor 18829]

Holy shit 

 

 

[Blotto 23525]

9 hours ago, Bobby Layne said:

“Hey kid, have cigar you’re gonna go far!” 

 

And did we tell you the name of the game, boy?
We call it riding the gravy train

[SHOOTER12 8810]

29 minutes ago, crash_davis said:

Factoring in Jimbo's remaining salary, the buyout of all the assistant coaches, the new HC salary, and all his new assistant coaches salaries, it's going to cost about $120-140M for aggy to make Jimbo to go away. 

They do not have that kind of money. They are stuck with him probably for the life of this contract.

 

One can only hope. 

[Nice Guy Eddie 13515]

I can understand that when you are attracting someone, your agreement with them might have some clauses that are in the other parties favor. But fast forward, they are working for you, and you’re giving them an extension and raise. it would be time to remove the unfavorable clauses.

From reading others analysis on the contract, Jimbo has about 80m left on the contract. If they fire him, he’s gets 25% immediately and the rest in annual installments thru 2031. I would think A&M could find a way to scrape together 20m at the end of the season. Of course at that point they don’t have a coach, who will want close to Jimbo money.

[AnTiM 1666]

Have to share this from a post on texags where someone said they have to beat us and OU our first year in the SEC:

 

"Not sure if you're aware of this, but those two programs are gonna motor boat us like a set a 38DDD's."

[Auto Driller 2506]

2 minutes ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

I can understand that when you are attracting someone, your agreement with them might have some clauses that are in the other parties favor. But fast forward, they are working for you, and you’re giving them an extension and raise. it would be time to remove the unfavorable clauses.

From reading others analysis on the contract, Jimbo has about 80m left on the contract. If they fire him, he’s gets 25% immediately and the rest in annual installments thru 2031. I would think A&M could find a way to scrape together 20m at the end of the season. Of course at that point they don’t have a coach, who will want close to Jimbo money.

They could easily find someone who would take the job for $2M per year. The question is whether their ego would allow them to hire that type of coach.

[Modessit 5603]

I think his contract stipulates he must be the Head Football Coach. 

Then call him that. Just don't let him on the field.

[Bigbend1812 12918]

[Js1 85353]

24 minutes ago, Dennis Taylor said:

Holy shit 

 

 

Since 2010..

 

Oh shit that was us, wasn’t it?

[Modessit 5603]

Factoring in Jimbo's remaining salary, the buyout of all the assistant coaches, the new HC salary, and all his new assistant coaches salaries, it's going to cost about $120-140M for aggy to make Jimbo to go away. 
They do not have that kind of money. They are stuck with him probably for the life of this contract.
 

But you're not buying out Jimbo. You continue to pay him to sit in an office and watch SpongeBob all day.

It's like having an expensive car that doesn't work and can't be fixed but you owe a bunch on it still. You can pay off the entire loan and then go buy another, but that means you're paying for two entire cars at once which is hard to do. So you just keep making the monthly payments on the broken one, then lease payments on the new one. Much easier to afford two monthly payments then to pay off both in full.

[6th Street 6411]

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I think Conner realizes he's an incredible part of the immediate future in Aggieland but I also think it's common sense in 2022 to understand that there are outside influences that you'll have to fight off to keep gifted young players like him and several who look like future stars in the freshman class. It's tougher to fight that battle for any program that's losing or has lost momentum. I'm just spitting facts here.

And I also think Weigman stays and is the guy who leads the Aggies out of this along with a new OC. It's just not going to happen to the point that everyone breathes a big sigh of relief for another few weeks, unfortunately

Billy Liucci thinks Weigman is exploring a transfer.

[VoteforHank 117]

Can you imagine them firing Jimbo and then interviewing new coaches?

Aggy: What type  of compensation are you seeking?

Prospective Coach: I dunno, what were you paying the last guy?

[Nice Guy Eddie 13515]

Since Jimbo is making 8m, the next guy will demand at least 6. The only reason they won’t require 8 is that they won’t have a NC on their resume. Unless it’s Orgeron, who will demand Jimbo money.

[Valmy77 13226]

9 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Since 2010..

 

Oh shit that was us, wasn’t it?

Yes it was.

If we had somebody who could catch punts we would have won about three more games. What a weird fucking team that 2010 group was.

[tonedeaf 56]

1 minute ago, Nice Guy Eddie said:

Since Jimbo is making 8m, the next guy will demand at least 6. The only reason they won’t require 8 is that they won’t have a NC on their resume. Unless it’s Orgeron, who will demand Jimbo money.

Orgeron at aggy?  Absolutely perfect in so many ways 😜

[Cairn Horn88 8265]

1 hour ago, El Squared said:

Playing Is Hard….

Winning…is harder.

[Dennis Taylor 18829]

13 minutes ago, Js1 said:

Since 2010..

 

Oh shit that was us, wasn’t it?

[AUS-97HORN 11780]

late to the party

Edited November 6, 2022 by AUS-97HORN