As outlined in his contract, Gill, who came to Kansas after a 20-30 stint at Buffalo and guided the Jayhawks to a 5-19 record in two seasons, will receive $6 million within the next 90 days.
Turner Gill was fired but is gonna have a very merry Christmas anyway. Even Paul Hewitt is impressed.
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Akula Wolf
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How are ADs getting taken so badly, so consistently, in negotiations with coaches? Turner Gill coached at freaking Buffalo, and you are offering him a BCS conference job. The school has the leverage, not the coach. What’s he going to say, give me the $6 million guaranteed buyout or I’m walking?
Two theories: (1) many ADs are ex-jocks who have risen up through the ranks and are significantly less savvy than the coach’s agent/lawyer negotiating for the coach, thus they get taken in these deals (2) ADs are so afraid of having a major hire blow up publicly that they cave quickly on stuff like this just to get the deal done.
I bet #2 is the biggest part of it.
But it really is amazing. I’m not sure Gill even had a winning record at Buffalo.
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