Could Judge be our Rich Rodriguez?

[Go Budaw]

In 2006, Bama fired Mike Shula and ran a search that at one point was a similar train wreck as the one we are seemingly on now. Much more of one, actually. They went after some guy named Saban multiple times, who laughed in their face and told them he wasn’t interested. After the multiple rejections, they found themselves finally with a suitor in RichRod who accepted their terms before backing out at the 11th hour. This all happened almost 2 weeks after they fired Shula. Then some other folks turned them down too. So, they went back at Saban yet again, with way more money, resources, and other incentives, finally getting him to agree to terms in early January (over a month after Shula was fired).

There are some parallels to Napier here. Obviously he’s not Saban, but he’s more than reasonable for us to go after as a solid hire. He’s our original #1, he rejects us perhaps a few times. We regroup and go after Plan B in Judge, which then falls apart on us at the 11th hour. The opportunity is still there for Plan A. Get the money right, get the staff commitment right, get the plan right, and just go get him. Do what it takes. Ball is in Cohen’s court.

 

[ArcherSPS]

We’re going to hire Todd Grantham bc Mark Keenum busted in his pants over us beating a 4-8 Ole Miss team.

 

[tatedog]

If this happens it should go on the banner.

 

[engie]

Get the money right is the bottom line. That's the hang up here. 100%. Cohen is trying to do more with less when we actually have more. It's utterly asinine. While $32million net has been banked the last 3 fiscal years. At least when LT was pinching pennies, we actually didn't have the pennies.

 

[messageboardsuperhero]

Get the money right is the bottom line. That's the hang up here. 100%. Cohen is trying to do more with less when we actually have more. It's utterly asinine. While $32million net has been banked the last 3 fiscal years. At least when LT was pinching pennies, we actually didn't have the pennies.

Exactly. Make Napier an offer he can’t refuse. Give him job security and make it dang near impossible for him to leave us for a non-elite job. Go back to him and say “remember when you wanted $5.8 mil for your staff? Okay, we were stupid. How does $6.5 sound?”

The money is there. Or more appropriately, the money will NOT be there if Cohen doesn’t get this hire right because we will lose ticket sales and BDC donations. The revenue/expense balance is a net proposition- sometimes you have to spend money to save money.

 

[Go Budaw]

Get the money right is the bottom line. That's the hang up here. 100%. Cohen is trying to do more with less when we actually have more. It's utterly asinine. While $32million net has been banked the last 3 fiscal years. At least when LT was pinching pennies, we actually didn't have the pennies.

Yep. The overall point is we need to leverage the late timing of our hire to our advantage, just like Bama did. When you fire your coach in November, it’s a feeding frenzy. You get one, maybe two shots at your top choice before you eventually just have to move on to avoid getting left in the cold. Doesn’t seem like it today, but we’re still on the back end of this deal. We can go again and again at Napier if he’s really the guy. Just find out what his ultimate number is and 17ing do it.

 

[maroonmania]

Exactly. Make Napier an offer he can’t refuse. Give him job security and make it dang near impossible for him to leave us for a non-elite job. Go back to him and say “remember when you wanted $5.8 mil for your staff? Okay, we were stupid. How does $6.5 sound?”

The money is there. Or more appropriately, the money will NOT be there if Cohen doesn’t get this hire right because we will lose ticket sales and BDC donations. The revenue/expense balance is a net proposition- sometimes you have to spend money to save money.

A couple of million dollars difference between a coach that you know will be successful versus one you HOPE might be successful is chump change. If Cohen doesn't get this hire right it very well could be his last for football.

 

[IBleedMaroonDawg]

It's funny the prophets of doom were sure Judge would doom us to football laughing stock but now are fretting because he is gone.