I think most are just having a realistic approach to it - knowing there's not endless funds to simply give every kid top dollar or asking price, and overpaying significantly can lead to issues within those walls if there's a huge discrepancy with deals. Everyone knows QBs get their share, just like the NFL.
And i still don't believe 80% of the numbers i see online.....maybe even a higher %
You have to look at it not year to year which I know you know.
if Coleman is who we think he is, then I’d imagine we will save some $$ next year for a QB. So knowing that, this year we SHOULD spend more in that bucket since technically it’s an allocation.
So let’s say this past year our annual budget was 20 million.
We have qbs getting 4 mil as a projection the next 3 years. We realize we don’t plan to go that route next year unless Coleman isn’t ready. Then we allocate those funds to this year which would have use over budget this year, but not next year. So we are essentially a wash.
Now imagine having to do that for every position group, different contracts, etc.
It’s high level business, but those concerned about $$ shouldn’t be as it’s already all figured out.
Now other schools(FSU) have not been operating on this business model and we see the results.
You have to hard cap yourself at a baseline and then adjust for inflation based on P&L margins.
I imagine we are flush or doing better for the foreseeable future since we received $$ for making it to the championship game.