Here’s the thing today, and it’s not just FSU.
There are not tons of great coaches. In fact there are very few. Those are worth millions.
But we have lots of programs that want great coaches. So in the end the market is out of whack.
Teams just can’t hire on rational contracts. An unproven coach with potential is needed many places. But they don’t need to be paid like they’ve won. The system would be better if we could hire coaches for 750k with great incentives. Maybe a little more. But not a ton. Make it performance based. Then when coaches do well they will do well. When they’re not ready for prime time they won’t become rich at the expense of programs.
What sucks is I don’t see a solution. The need to win NOW is too high and too many programs are going after the same scant resource. And more and more are going to be able to eat the cost of being wrong more than FSU can.
It’s a mess.
There are not tons of great coaches. In fact there are very few. Those are worth millions.
But we have lots of programs that want great coaches. So in the end the market is out of whack.
Teams just can’t hire on rational contracts. An unproven coach with potential is needed many places. But they don’t need to be paid like they’ve won. The system would be better if we could hire coaches for 750k with great incentives. Maybe a little more. But not a ton. Make it performance based. Then when coaches do well they will do well. When they’re not ready for prime time they won’t become rich at the expense of programs.
What sucks is I don’t see a solution. The need to win NOW is too high and too many programs are going after the same scant resource. And more and more are going to be able to eat the cost of being wrong more than FSU can.
It’s a mess.
