Usually buyouts have certain dates to them when they go down In price, and it usually after the season. If we fired Manny now it would likely be a buyout based on 3 years Left in his contract, Ive read a lot of other HC contracts and I've never seen a mid season buyout clause. For instance if a coach gets fired midway through his 3rd season his buyout would be Based off 3 years remaining in his deal, if they wait until the end of the season it would be 2 years. Now it's possible Manny Diaz contract could be different, I'm just saying I've never seen one like that