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Rumor Position coach bad-mouthed his guys to recruit and it got back to them?

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TheOriginalCane said:
Huh?

Richt was making $5M. Mario is making $8M.
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I saw Richt was making 4 and change. Guesstimate since UM didn't make it public. Where did you see 5?

Also I'm not sure how the contracts are written, but it would seem reasonable to have come kind of adjustment clause in the contract to match inflation. If getting 8 mil per year due to a 10 yr, 80 million contract (guesstimate), but the inflation rate is at 6.5% (which it is currently), that adds up to $520,000 per year of lost spending power. Just a couple years of that and Cristobal would effectively be making less than $7 million per year. Seems unlikely that he or his agent would hand wave away millions and let his salary get eaten away by inflation.
 
OriginalCanesCanesCanes said:
Uncorroborated speculation from The Athletic leading to more uncorroborated speculation here.

Who knows the accuracy of this particular report. It may be true, it may be an exaggeration, or it may be completely untrue.

What’s funny, are the flights of fancy that people come up with here, bringing in their own speculative stories and narratives based on this dubious report, which may or may not be correct, and then using that as a basis for fantasy scenarios by people that have no inside knowledge.

Gossip girl, 2.0.
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Spot on.

You'd have to see the actual wording to be able to comment much on it. People twist words all the time or read into them the wrong way.

It could've been as simple as, "we need you and you could start as early as next year if you put in the work as we aren't getting what I expect out of the group right now."

I don't think any coach is flat out dumb enough to say we suck here, need new bodies, and some gotta go, etc.
 
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TimeBum said:
I saw Richt was making 4 and change. Guesstimate since UM didn't make it public. Where did you see 5?

Also I'm not sure how the contracts are written, but it would seem reasonable to have come kind of adjustment clause in the contract to match inflation. If getting 8 mil per year due to a 10 yr, 80 million contract (guesstimate), but the inflation rate is at 6.5% (which it is currently), that adds up to $520,000 per year of lost spending power. Just a couple years of that and Cristobal would effectively be making less than $7 million per year. Seems unlikely that he or his agent would hand wave away millions and let his salary get eaten away by inflation.
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Richt was making right around $4m. On their 990s from back then.
 
JayCane20 said:
One of the players whose family I know fairly well has said it happened in the WR group - I wasn't posting or following much back then but I thought remembered a rumor that there was a kid on the team telling recruits to stay away and that's how this came up.

Wouldn't be surprised if it was Smith, Strong, etc as well.. Nothing would surprise me. But it was definitely happening with Gattis.

Also you walk a thin line when you recruit this way.. maybe you don't get into specific names or be as specific in the criticism if that's what happened... but Mario created that culture (I have no problem with it - it's not ideal for the current generation and their feelings) that we're selling to recruits that what we have isn't very good and we need you. That was half of their recruiting pitch this year. Seems someone took it a bit too far saying x,y,z sucked or something if it blew up within the current position group.
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Our record should have told the players what’s up. Hilarious they sound surprised. Catch the **** ball.
 
TimeBum said:
Oh this is all Diaz's fault!

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Takes a combination of multiple things to have that kind of year. The horrible staff? 100% Mario.

The weak minded players who feel entitled and cry when a coach says they stink? 100% Manuel
 
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I don’t even care. We played ***. OL was straight garbage, linebackers might as well had not been on the field at times, RBs couldn’t break a tackle, cornerbacks were slow af. Yes, we are flipping the roster.
 
AtlAtty said:
If it was Charlie Strong I say good job as it apparently worked with the LB recruiting success, and was true.
People hate the truth.
Yet another truth. The following position coaches could have been accused of the same thing considering how bad the team was last year:
OL
WR
LB
S
CB
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It's somewhere in the last two...
 
TimeBum said:
….. a coach making almost 9 million per year..
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Why phrase it like this? His contract is 10 yrs 80 mil (I think lol). Why embellish? Would your point not hit as hard if you had said 8 million? Just curious. It’s odd.
 
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TimeBum said:
One would like to believe that a coach making almost 9 million per year and with about a decade of head coaching experience wouldn't need training wheels. Well, here's to hoping he gets it right in season 2 at UM.

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Wheres the training wheels? He hired a who's who of coaches. Y'all crack me the **** up. Last year he gets all the big names. Let the complaints begin. Now he goes a different route to correct that. Let the complaints begin. Don't allow how miserable you are in life to become you.
 
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