This is what stealing $1MM+ looks like with impunity. Buyout must be north of 50% of the balance of his contract. An I am thinking Barry recieved the same structured deal. So getting rid of him and Coach Barry will cost Miami at least $3MM , ouch plus Manny 's $4MM to Temple. In two years Manny will have cost UM almost $10MM. Not to mention the next OC & OL Coach will want a 80%-100% guaranteed contract after this Enos debacle.
Go Canes
True story:
So my grandfather (R.I.P) used to own some apts right where they are building the new football stadium for The Rams/Chargers (just sold them and made $$$$). Thank God they built a stadium literally w/in walking distance of this spot b/c it was became a dump.
It didn’t start that way; they were actually some of the most sought after units b/c of the locale to the beach, frwy, Great Western Forum (former home of The Lakers), and the shear amount of schools nearby. It was a gold mine.
Well, over a period of time, my grandfather became cheap. He fired his plumber and carpenter all to save $. Jobs that required nuts and bolts, he literally substituted w grease and duck tape. What was once a sought after unit, started to fall apart and he started losing tenants and thus $. As other owners were remodeling their units to make them more modern, my grandfather kept his as an 60’s model.
While other owners were able to increase their rent b/c of their investment in to their units, my grandfather literally couldn’t, and he and my grandmother were leaking money. It cost more to repair the worn down building than the rents collected. My aunt & I we’re able to finally intervene, got their affairs in order, and that’s when & only then they made a huge profit.
My point is, Miami is a lot like the story I just shared. Once upon a time, we were a great destination. But instead of maintaining things w nuts and bolts (i.e reinvesting in the program, hiring a competent AD w AD experience at a successful G5 or P5 school, hiring an outside of the box proven coach or coordinator from a successful program, etc.), they became lazy, cheap, entitled, and used duck tape (i.e hiring a ticket collector at a school w no sports history to run our AD, hiring an associate AD who specializes in liberal rights, hiring unproven to burnt out coaches, etc) to fix big problems.
Results? We are losing money, they just don’t realize it b/c of the “guaranteed” money from the ACC, the program has fallen apart, spending more $ to fix problems that could’ve easily been resolved (see the OP), and are losing top recruits b/c of these decisions. While other programs have upgraded, we are stuck in the past. Hopefully someone will intervene b4 it’s too late.