Should Diaz's contract

[Crazy Dawg]

Have a big buyout clause so he can't just jump ship so quick again?

 

[dawgstudent]

It would if I were the AD. We held the cards this time.

 

[whosyourdawgy]

We'd be stupid not to have something written in for that reason. Wonder if it's a 2 or 3 yr deal and how much?

 

[seshomoru]

Careful what you wish for.

If he sucks *** the second time around it'll make him more expensive to fire.

 

[dawgstudent]

I would expect there would be terms that avoid financial penalties if we fired him. Like I said, this time he needed us more than we needed him.

 

[LawDawg97]

This all day. You don't just throw a big buyout in there because you think he might leave. You want to make sure you really want what you have before you do that (like a big time head coach).

 

[seshomoru]

Would you sign something like that?

I at least hope his agent would advise him not to sign a contract like that. He doesn't need this job. He's got a job, this is just a better one. Not taking it doesn't mean he'll be at La Tech forever though.

 

[dawgstudent]

I'm not saying there isn't some but I would think it wouldn't be the same #. He was making $150,000 at LA Tech. We probably quadrupled his salary at least.

 

[121Josey]

It should include a buyout. A buyout for a coordinator is not going to break the bank, but it will keep potential suitors away. The contract probably will be for two years, so not a huge gamble.

Remember that firing him is not the only solution: strip the coordinator title or reassign him within the athletic department.

 

[Seinfeld]

I'm no legal expert by any means, but wouldn't there be separate buyouts in a deal such as this? One that the hiring school would pay if he were to be fired and a completely separate one if an opposing school were to hire him away? The scenarios are so different that I don't understand how they could possibly be lumped into the same buyout number

 

[seshomoru]

They are usually one number.

School fires the coach, he's owed the money. Coach leaves the school, he owes the money (paid by the hiring institution). Anyway, it would just seem petty and not really that big of a deal for a DC, no matter what history is there.

 

[LawDawg97]

Well contracts can be structured any number of ways. When both sides have

I'm no legal expert by any means, but wouldn't there be separate buyouts in a deal such as this? One that the hiring school would pay if he were to be fired and a completely separate one if an opposing school were to hire him away? The scenarios are so different that I don't understand how they could possibly be lumped into the same buyout number

equal bargaining power the buyout number is often the same. I pay you X if I leave (or the school that hires me does) and you pay me X if you tell me to hit the road. But you're right, it can be structured differently and with us having more bargaining power it might in this case.

 

[Sandman.sixpack]

Great point, Dawgstudent! We should be able to make the contract pretty one-sided this time around. Penalties for him leaving, but not much so if we have to fire him.

 

[patdog]

A buyout .... will keep potential suitors away.

No it won't. It won't even slow them down.

 

[121Josey]

No it won't. It won't even slow them down.

If you say that UF would have agreed to pay back Collins' salary for the last two years - after paying a HUGE buyout to CSU - and with Randy Shannon jumping at the bit to get back to Florida, then I will concede the point to you.

 

[patdog]

I think Florida made it very clear that money was no object to them getting who they want. Foley is desperate down there.

 

[121Josey]

I think Florida made it very clear that money was no object to them getting who they want. Foley is desperate down there.

Fair enough. But the clock on Foley just picked up the pace.