Tell Me About Texas a&m

[Tex Pete 20,430]

4 minutes ago, Nicole44 said:

Not a bad haul for them. 

I wonder if Fisher's Batboy son will sell some of his ice and Louis Vuitton aggy gear to one of the Elko kids.

[orangebird 1,079]

4 minutes ago, Valmy77 said:

Isn't that more than we pay Sark? He has only two years of head coaching experience and just went 7-5.

A&M is fucking up the coaching market with this insanity.

I strongly suspect we have Jimmy Sexton and all their fuckery involving Stoops over the weekend to thank for that, more than likely.

So...um...yeah.

[Paper_jam 831]

I'm sure** the actual contract language is more specific, but from that summary, from the structure of those bonuses it's not explicitly clear that he only gets the highest applicable bonus. (For example, I'm assuming A&M intended that if he wins the CFP, he gets the 3.5 M bonus, but not all the preceding lesser bonuses too.) 

** well, it is aggy so I'm not actually sure

 

 

[miguelito 11,290]

I guess they had that ceremony in the Hall of Champions because it had the most available empty, indoors space. 

[C-Man 27,254]

8 minutes ago, The Dog said:

at least there appears to be offset language this time.

And a buyout clause if he decides to leave for another gig. Starts at $6.5M in Year 1 and goes down each year.

 

5 minutes ago, Valmy77 said:

Isn't that more than we pay Sark? He has only two years of head coaching experience and just went 7-5.

A&M is fucking up the coaching market with this insanity.

Yes.

[Tex Pete 20,430]

Just now, Paper_jam said:

I'm sure** the actual contract language is more specific, but from that summary, from the structure of those bonuses it's not explicitly clear that he only gets the highest applicable bonus. (For example, I'm assuming A&M intended that if he wins the CFP, he gets the 3.5 M bonus, but not all the preceding lesser bonuses too.) 

** well, it is aggy so I'm not actually sure

There truly is no telling.

[Beau Vine 54,381]

49 minutes ago, BurntOrange&White said:

This presser is laughable. 

[Hornlover 8,830]

8 minutes ago, Nicole44 said:

Better look at contract from another tweet: I couldn’t quite see the other one as well as this one:

 

The incentives work out great for A&M, since they know there's no way they'll ever have to make any of the $1M , $1.5M, $2M, $2.5M, or $3.5M payouts.

[pops 7,006]

6 minutes ago, Tex Pete said:

I wonder if Fisher's Batboy son will sell some of his ice and Louis Vuitton aggy gear to one of the Elko kids.

Kid is dealing with some serious shit. He gets a pass from me. Bing out, Playa. 

[Duane Moore 5,248]

I guess for $42 million you have to demean yourself like this

 

Edited November 27, 2023 by Duane Moore
Credit for first posting to Ricky’s One-Hitter on the recruiting page

[jimmyjazz 46,093]

Congratulations on your big raise, Coach Sarkisian.

[DanTheHorn 4,956]

39 minutes ago, Nicole44 said:

 

Aggy's everywhere with that line

[Deej 76,897]

3 minutes ago, pops said:

Kid is dealing with some serious shit. He gets a pass from me. Bing out, Playa. 

He has a blood disorder. Nobody is making fun of that. 

[Beau Vine 54,381]

18 minutes ago, The Dog said:

at least there appears to be offset language this time.

I wonder where they got that idea from?

[Dutchrudder 11,150]

13 minutes ago, orangebird said:

I strongly suspect we have Jimmy Sexton and all their fuckery involving Stoops over the weekend to thank for that, more than likely.

So...um...yeah.

I'm sure Sexton did the math and thought, "You're saying I can get Mike fucking Elko 42 million guaranteed??? Sign me the fuck up!" 

Compare that to Stoops already having 9m a year guaranteed through 2030, while Elko only had 3.5m through 2029. Sexton made the right call, and he may have had something to do with it. Elko just doubled his guaranteed money, and has some unlikely but significant escalators. 

Edited November 27, 2023 by Dutchrudder

[Beau Vine 54,381]

5 minutes ago, Duane Moore said:

I guess for $42 million you have to demean yourself like this

 

1.  Bjork looking a little subdued.

2.  Who are the two redasses on the left?

[orangebird 1,079]

1 minute ago, Beau Vine said:

1.  Bjork looking a little subdued.

Well, you see, he's going to be in for a really bad time at his next performance appraisal...

[ousux 5,601]

I'm sure Sexton did the math and thought, "You're saying I can get Mike fucking Elko 42 million guaranteed??? Sign me the fuck up!" 
Compare that to Stoops already having 9m a year guaranteed through 2030, while Elko only had 3.5m through 2029. Sexton made the right call, and he may have had something to do with it.  

By this point Sexton knows how to play aggy like a fiddle. They alone have been responsible for at least 60% of his growing pile of wealth over the past decade.

[Tex-19 2,872]

1 million bucks to finish in the top 12. Does ATM know the playoff is expanding next year?

[89Horn 1,546]

19 minutes ago, Paper_jam said:

I'm sure** the actual contract language is more specific, but from that summary, from the structure of those bonuses it's not explicitly clear that he only gets the highest applicable bonus. (For example, I'm assuming A&M intended that if he wins the CFP, he gets the 3.5 M bonus, but not all the preceding lesser bonuses too.) 

** well, it is aggy so I'm not actually sure

 

 

It’s going to be lot easier than that.  Elko will only collect a base salary.

[pops 7,006]

11 minutes ago, Deej said:

He has a blood disorder. Nobody is making fun of that. 

I probably took batboy the wrong way. I'm a sensitive bitch. It was a common meme on another board  I'm on. Mea culpa 

 

 

[TheFlagship 436]

Genuinely shocked there’s no incentive for beating Texas

[UncleSonny 6,573]

2 minutes ago, Tex-19 said:

1 million bucks to finish in the top 12. Does ATM know the playoff is expanding next year?

Haha, I was about to post the same thing. 

#12 in the next playoff rankings is projected to be OU. Doesn’t seem like Venables had the kind of season you reward with a 7 figure bonus, but what the fuck do I know. 

[Ojo Rojo 1,967]

[Duane Moore 5,248]

11 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

2.  Who are the two redasses on the left

Old Rock the good ag and . . . I got no idea 

[kevwun 15,855]

2 minutes ago, TheFlagship said:

Genuinely shocked there’s no incentive for beating Texas

That's a secret clause that fully guarantees his contract.

[F250 28,814]

2 minutes ago, Tex-19 said:

1 million bucks to finish in the top 12. Does ATM know the playoff is expanding next year?

Probably not. A million dollar bonus for finishing in the top 12 is ridiculous.

 

Bjork figuring it out after the contract was signed.

[Constant 6,754]

6 minutes ago, UncleSonny said:

Haha, I was about to post the same thing. 

#12 in the next playoff rankings is projected to be OU. Doesn’t seem like Venables had the kind of season you reward with a 7 figure bonus, but what the fuck do I know. 

I’m sure Venables disagrees. 

[dcar00 14,344]

7 minutes ago, TheFlagship said:

Genuinely shocked there’s no incentive for beating Texas

that's where the lifetime contract a la Bill Self comes in.

[Beau Vine 54,381]

12 minutes ago, Tex-19 said:

1 million bucks to finish in the top 12. Does ATM know the playoff is expanding next year?

They've only had two seasons finishing in the top 12 since the SWC disbanded.

[jimmyjazz 46,093]

4 minutes ago, Beau Vine said:

They've only had two seasons finishing in the top 12 since the SWC disbanded.

. . . and one was the covid season, which was all kinds of fucked up.

[tx ind 7,013]

45 minutes ago, Nicole44 said:

Not a bad haul for them. 

That suit button is doing more work than the front of a Selma Hayek bikini.

[Huckleberry 33,071]

9-3 with the SEC media fluffing is top 12 territory. This season has been historically devoid of upsets and yet even with that LSU is the only 9-3 SEC team and is #13.

Why does that matter? Bjork protested to the world that A&M is not an 8-4 job and days later signed a contract that is so certain it's an 8-4 job that they'll quite literally give you a million dollars if you can beat that mark. 

[Wulaw Horn 19,147]

I don’t know man, I got no problem with sark making 8M for a top 12 finish. 

[po elvis 2,076]

Watched his presser. Definitely not a high IQ guy. I think he is capped as far as his head coaching ceiling.

[Wulaw Horn 19,147]

Also, not likely to make the playoffs finishing 12th- they have a group of 5 and Notre dame  kicker and all the conference champs get in from the P4. I suspect it will require a top 10 finish most years and occasionally a top 9 finish to make the playoffs. 

[Blotto 23,568]

I'm actually surprised the contract isn't more in Elko's favor, tbh. Assuming Sark gets a raise, after he and Venables join the conference, that will likely make Elko the 11th highest paid coach in the conference. $1M more for a top 12 finish seems unlikely, but $8M likely wont be a "top 12" cfb salary. They must really be broke if thats all Sexton could milk out of them. Either that or they are funneling money on the side so that they don't look any dumber than they currently do. There will be worse contracts handed out this offseason would be my guess, so congrats aggy.

Edited November 27, 2023 by Blotto

[rage-a-holic 4,452]

35 minutes ago, Deej said:

He has a blood disorder. Nobody is making fun of that. 

He also has a rare psychological disorder that causes him to dress up like an Icy Hot Stunta

[Vermin 3,055]

Quote

• 1. Nick Saban, Alabama (No. 1 overall): $11.407 million
• 2. Kirby Smart, Georgia (No. 3 overall): $10.706 million
• 3. Brian Kelly, LSU (No. 6 overall): $9.975 million
• 4. Jimbo Fisher, Texas A&M (No. 7 overall): $9.15 million
• 5. Mark Stoops, Kentucky (No. 8 overall): $9.014 million
• 6. Josh Heupel, Tennessee (No. 9 overall): $9 million
• 7. Lane Kiffin, Ole Miss (No. 10 overall): $9 million
• 8. Billy Napier, Florida (No. 16 overall): $7.27 million
• 9. Hugh Freeze, Auburn (No. 20 overall): $6.5 million
• 10. Sam Pittman, Arkansas (No. 22 overall): $6.358 million
• 11. Shane Beamer, South Carolina (No. 24 overall): $6.125 million
• 12. Eliah Drinkwitz, Missouri (No. 25 overall): $6 million
• 13. Clark Lea, Vanderbilt (No. 56 overall): $3.052 million
• 14. Zach Arnett, Mississippi State No. (58 overall): $3 million

Honestly, 7 milly is cheap.

However, he royally fucked aggy on the buyout. If he bolts for another job, he only owes $6.5 million maximum. That's peanuts for the acquiring school. However, if they fire him, they owe him 75% of his contract, which is $31.5 million on day 1.

Essentially, we cannot lose. If he fails, he deals another devastating financial blow to aggy. If he succeeds, he's off to a blue blood program or the NFL is a heartbeat.

[nnm 36,564]

6 minutes ago, po elvis said:

Watched his presser. Definitely not a high IQ guy. I think he is capped as far as his head coaching ceiling.

Intelligence is not a prerequisite for success on the gridiron. 

Exhibit A:

 

Exhibit B:

[Blotto 23,568]

Exhibit A+++++

[MachoMan 346]

49 minutes ago, pops said:

Kid is dealing with some serious shit. He gets a pass from me. Bing out, Playa. 

It better be a mental illness cause he looks like a complete asshole wearing all that bullshit

[jimmyjazz 46,093]

7 minutes ago, Blotto said:

I'm actually surprised the contract isn't more in Elko's favor, tbh. Assuming Sark gets a raise, after he and Venables join the conference, that will likely make Elko the 11th highest paid coach in the conference. $1M more for a top 12 finish seems unlikely, but $8M likely wont be a "top 12" cfb salary. They must really be broke if thats all Sexton could milk out of them.

They were negotiating against Duke.  A&M has fucked up enough contracts to rightfully be skeptical, but Duke wasn't gonna go $7M.  I said this yesterday and people seemed perplexed -- why would Elko take less than what Jimbo made?

Because he doesn't have the resume Jimbo had when he was hired.  There is no rule that salaries must always go up.  Honestly, I don't think $7M was necessary, but Sexton vs A&M is gonna fall on the side of Sexton 10 times out of 10.

[YGIFS 19,452]

He's recruited/coached at Wake Forest, Penn, Notre Dame, and Duke?  Those are places where even the football players are expected to take normal courses and get very little leniency in terms of evaluation by professors, save for travel and injuries.  How's he gonna helm Texas A&M''s program when the only expectation is that your players are vaguely aware that there are courses being offered somewhere in the College Station/Bryan metroplex?  

[Vertigo 20,308]

1 hour ago, TOR said:

$7 million holy shit!  Yeah, that is the Elko retirement plan right there, he doesn't even have to worry about the incentives.  No wonder Mrs. Elko said 'sure why not?'

Wasn't he only making 3.5 at Duke? They have permanently screwed themselves with the Jimbo contract. No coach will ever come there for a discount. 

[ousux 5,601]

That suit button is doing more work than the front of a Selma Hayek bikini.

His tailor has to be using kevlar infused thread.

[Hook1997 5,397]

A million to finish in the top 12 seems a bit steep.  

[nnm 36,564]

4 hours ago, Napoleon said:

Evan will not announce anything until he is done with exams and off campus.

No one in his or a similar situation should announce shit until they are done with the semester. 

You think these NIL guys are going to college to play school?  With the very rare exception, I’d say most of those guys rarely darken the door of a classroom, and certainly don’t need to do things like exams. 

[MAUFRAIS 6,633]

He's recruited/coached at Wake Forest, Penn, Notre Dame, and Duke?  Those are places where even the football players are expected to take normal courses and get very little leniency in terms of evaluation by professors, save for travel and injuries.  How's he gonna helm Texas A&M''s program when the only expectation is that your players are vaguely aware that there are courses being offered somewhere in the College Station/Bryan metroplex?  

Football players at A&M are expected to take the same courses in chicken as the rest of the students.

[dcar00 14,344]

2 minutes ago, Hook1997 said:

A million to finish in the top 12 seems a bit steep.  

this is aggy. being in the CFP even at 12 would be the biggest thing to happen to them in decades.