JoeMo's Agent?

[BiscuitEater]

Not listed as that 'snake' Sexton, who now listed as agent for 11 of 14 SEC Football HCs. ONLY MSU, Vandy & LSU HCs don't employ Sexton.


Thus far in the coaching cycle, six SEC jobs have opened — Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Tennessee and Texas A&M — and Sexton clients have filled five of them. Let’s break it down:

• Ole Miss: Sexton client Hugh Freeze was let go in July, and Sexton client Matt Luke replaced him on an interim basis. Luke later got the full-time job.
• Florida: Sexton client Jim McElwain was fired in October, and replaced by Sexton client Dan Mullen.
• Mississippi State: Sexton didn’t get this one. Mississippi State hired Penn State offensive coordinator Joe Moorhead.
• Texas A&M: Sexton colonized College Station, replacing Kevin Sumlin with one of his star clients in Jimbo Fisher. (By the way, Sexton client Willie Taggart filled the opening Sexton created at Florida State.)
• Tennessee: Sexton client Butch Jones was fired in November, and now Sexton client Jeremy Pruitt is set to replace him.
• Arkansas: Faytteville also fell to Sexton this year. Neil Cornrich client Bret Bielema was replaced by Sexton client Chad Morris.

 

[esplanade91]

Not listed as that 'snake' Sexton, who now listed as agent for 11 of 14 SEC Football HCs. ONLY MSU, Vandy & LSU HCs don't employ Sexton.


Thus far in the coaching cycle, six SEC jobs have opened — Arkansas, Florida, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, Tennessee and Texas A&M — and Sexton clients have filled five of them. Let’s break it down:

• Ole Miss: Sexton client Hugh Freeze was let go in July, and Sexton client Matt Luke replaced him on an interim basis. Luke later got the full-time job.
• Florida: Sexton client Jim McElwain was fired in October, and replaced by Sexton client Dan Mullen.
• Mississippi State: Sexton didn’t get this one. Mississippi State hired Penn State offensive coordinator Joe Moorhead.
• Texas A&M: Sexton colonized College Station, replacing Kevin Sumlin with one of his star clients in Jimbo Fisher. (By the way, Sexton client Willie Taggart filled the opening Sexton created at Florida State.)
• Tennessee: Sexton client Butch Jones was fired in November, and now Sexton client Jeremy Pruitt is set to replace him.
• Arkansas: Faytteville also fell to Sexton this year. Neil Cornrich client Bret Bielema was replaced by Sexton client Chad Morris.

I don't get the hate for Sexton. He's an agent. His duties are to his clients, not Mississippi State fans. Mississippi State fans don't shell out 5-10% of their annual salaries to keep their names mentioned in the upper inner circles of their respective industries.

Place the blame on Mullen leaving on Mullen telling Sexton he wanted to leave, because Mullen could have commanded the same salary at MSU (with a bigger time commitment of that continuing to roll in) and Sexton would have netted out the same 5-10% he took on the deal. No skin off his back. If you hate that coaches have so much negotiation power over schools and get ridiculous money, maybe get on board with more regulation and oversight within the NCAA structure.

Do you also get mad at Bo McKinnis when one of his clients don't sign with your favorite baseball team? Do you swear Tom Condon's name each time Brees seemingly fleeces the Saints and moves the market forward for QB pay (one of his duties as a prominent member of the NFLPA)?

This is the way the world works now.

EDIT: Ironically, one of the 3 schools in the SEC where Sexton didn't negotiate the terms has one of the most lopsided and unfair (to the university) contracts in all of college athletics. I'm talking about LSU.

 

[deadheaddawg]

Yep. Sexton just does the job the coaches want him to do. If a person has an issue with the way Sexton operates they should be upset at the coach, not Sexton.

 

[Philly Dawg]

Maybe LSU should hire their own Sexton rather than Alleva to negotiate future contracts.

 

[BiscuitEater]

I don't get the hate for Sexton. He's an agent. His duties are to his clients, not Mississippi State fans.

Meanwhile, coaching salaries are spiraling out of sight while Sexton plays each and every client school. Would rather have a coach that is MORE interested in doing the best job for his football team FIRST instead of ALWAYS playing the 'I'm looking around' game like Sexton client Mullet did for the past 4+ years.

Guess it's just me.

 

[Dawgzilla]

No, I'm upset with some of Sexton's tactics, such as constantly leaking rumors of interest from other schools in order to leverage a raise for his clients. You can blame the coaches in part, since they could certainly tell him to stop doing those kinds of things, but I'm pretty sure he is the one driving the bus. He and Nick Saban quickly accelerated coaches' salaries in college football, which is a major factor ruining the game today.

Plus, I don't see how he avoids conflicts of interest in representing multiple clients who are after jobs currently held by his other clients. Maybe he just gets a big waiver from his clients whenever a conflict arises, but that would seem to be a job to keep at least one extra attorney fully employed.

 

[HumpDawgy]

Obviously Finebaum has a separate phone line just for Sexton to be fed coaching rumors (whether they are true or not). I know he is doing his job, but it is still seedy.

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

Supply and demand...

 

[RocketDawg]

Meanwhile, coaching salaries are spiraling out of sight while Sexton plays each and every client school. Would rather have a coach that is MORE interested in doing the best job for his football team FIRST instead of ALWAYS playing the 'I'm looking around' game like Sexton client Mullet did for the past 4+ years.

Guess it's just me.

The more money his coaches make, the more money he makes.