Here I am.
I don't care what the admin is feeding publicly. A lot of them know Al sucks a bag of *** and there's a few reasons he is not fired now and hoping to coach linebackers at Purdue.
1. Money. His buyout is 7-8 million dollars and I have been told it's 8. Let me make it perfectly clear that the school has the money and more to burn. They just don't want to spend it.
2. Board of Trustees. Golden still has key supporters on the Board. Their reason for liking him isn't because of potential football reasons, but for public relations purposes and such of that nature. On top of that, there are plenty of Board members who either don't know what football means to the school or just don't care about football in general. Therefore, anything involving 8 million dollar spending better be massively important for academics. There are quite a few Board members who feel exactly like we all do: That Golden is a Jersey hack that couldn't coach the 2001 Hurricanes to a Big East title. Their vehemence is directly related to his lies/excuses and Penn State-gate has not been forgotten or forgiven. Even his most ardent supporters haven't forgotten about it.
3. APR and Graduation Rates. Golden has some of the best in the business. That is worth some leeway to many because they think that'll be attractive to recruits. That's there stupid mistake.
4. Last Year. The school had record braking season ticket sales. While those statistics were skewed because of the UNC/FSU package deal, it appeared that we had stimulated interest in the football team where attendance and revenue was about to swing up. Golden was given a lot of credit for that. They still are cautiously expectant for similar sales and the potential replication of money that could bring.
5. The Cloud. A lot of decision makers are woefully unaware about the Cloud and how important of a role it played. They think he was pulling in talent while up against almost impossible circumstances. Giving Golden another year could result in a team of talent that can just overwhelm teams ala the early Coker years. Once again, that's their own ignorance.
6. The Fans. A lot of the admin don't think the fans and boosters will exodus out. They think it's a bluff and they're calling it. That's going to be their downfall.
7. General Indifference from the admin, students, and fans. Self-explanatory.
He's not getting fired this year. A bowl loss to anybody and a 6-7 final record doesn't change that. But efforts are being made for him to coach somewhere else.
That's a good portion of what information I've got for you. I'll share more when I can.
@pb5cane: I CAN'T BE SHUT DOWN.[/
So the 8M buyout figure I am assuming that is based on the number of years left on his contract. Am I right? I am trying to wrap my head around this figure. At 5 yrs left and 8M that is 1.6M per year. Who the **** agreed to pay a severance that is 80% of the remaining balance of the money owed. So he really only works for $400k a year as he is guaranteed the other 1.6 whether he is the coach or not. Makes sense. Also, by Bronze sticking around one more only saves the university 1.2M in that scenario. That is the sticking point? This doesn't factor in poor fan support going forward and loss of revenue there. I know to them there is a possibility that he succeeds but these guys are supposed to have a high business acumen. Even not knowing anything about football, they should be able to decipher that what has happened here is not good. Do they believe that only Al can speak well, get kids to go to class, and have high APR scores. **** makes no sense.
If the 8M is a flat fee regardless of the number of years left on the contract, well than the BOT can go **** themselves
