Base contract is $50 million for 5 years.
There's a sea of coaches that know how to coach -- especially now with computer model assistance.
They could have easily hired a competent, hungry coach for one-third of his salary and pushed the rest to talent each year.
$5-7 million (plus whatever they dedicated for NIL with Belichick) for annual talent would go a long way in the ACC.
The archaic mindset is costing them dearly at the moment.