i talk with a Wake alum at lunch occasionally , he could not understand the extension last year. I have always thought there should be a performance clause built into these contracts. That way you don't wind up paying zillions of dollars if you have to fire someone for poor performance. See ND and Charlie Weill for example .
You are dead wrong about Barnes. He left Clemson because it refused to invest more money into basketball facilities. NCSU back then could not find any well regarded coach to take the job, primarily because of its AD.
I have an idea, how about Seth Greenberg? I know he would have trouble finding a HS position, but we could kill two birds with one stone here; no more Seth on ESPN, and since he doesn't care for Duke, we could beat the crap out of him a couple times a year!
Go Duke!
OFC
Maybe you're right, but the lack of investment by Clemson is the same thing, right? Living in Texas I was probably irratated at Barnes for bolting from the ACC. Glad he is finding success at Tennessee.
No , not really the same thing. At the time Clemson was 90% a footbell school. When Barnes took the job he was placed under the impression that the school would invest in the basketball program in an effort to bring it into parity with other ACC teams, which never happened while he was there. Barnes did not Bolt from the ACC. He and his wife grew up and were raised in the Henderson NC area. Texas offered him a huge amount of money to "bolt". Had it tried, Clemson could easily could have kept him. Barnes will always remain near and dear in my heart because of his war with Dean Smith and the night they almost came to blows and because he hated the Cheats above all other teams. OFC
This. I've read that buyout is something like $18M. That is an astronomical number for Danny at Wake. It almost certainly makes a buyout impossible.
It unquestionable is. The difference is, and what you don't get, is that Texas is a football school which had invested in its basketball program and had much better basketball facilities that Clempsun. I doubt that he would have gone to Texas if it had the same attitude toward basketball and similarly bad facilties.
So I live in Austin. Seriously, please tell me what I don't get...The Erwin Center is old...Have you been there?.... Sorry, they are just now building something new. And when he came on board, Mack Brown and the Longhorns were doing fine. Barnes got in hot water when the football team was sucking and they had to watch basketball.
Texas is living proof that money doesn't necessarily translate to championships. They have the most money of any school in the US in football. And, it is not even close back to number 2, which is Suckeye U , I think.
What they had was still better than Littlejohn when Barnes was there. And, you seem to ignore the successes that Barnes did have at Texas. They were a better team then than they are now.