Coaching Buyouts and Contract Extensions Thread

[Brutus Buckeye]

Pelini will be back as a P5 HC in short order. Had to work his way back up the ladder. Pretty obvious he was working miracles at Nebraska with the benefit of hindsight.

[FearlessF]

I don't think Bo is even dumb enough to take another head coaching spot

but, I'm sure there are a few ADs dumb enough to hire him

[Brutus Buckeye]

Well he took a HC spot at Youngstown. So I don't see why he'd be adverse to doing it again. But you know him better than I.

[FearlessF]

the spot light isn't too bright on the podium at Youngstown

A source said Pelini agreed to a three-year contract worth $2.3 million per year, at LSU

[bayareabadger]

I don't think Bo is even dumb enough to take another head coaching spot

but, I'm sure there are a few ADs dumb enough to hire him

In the sense of him making a scene too often or the actual coaching?

[bayareabadger]

Big mistake paying Pelini anywhere near what they gave to Aranda. LSU should act like they’re doing Pelini a favor - not the other way around. He’s not that great of a recruiter and there’s plenty of equivalent defensive minds out there, but I do think from a personality standpoint he handles himself better as an assistant - out of the spotlight - than as HC.

I mean, Aranda wasn't an earth-shattering recruiter, and frankly, that machine is just rolling.

He'll have jimmys and joes.

[FearlessF]

In the sense of him making a scene too often or the actual coaching?

in the sense that Bo doesn't enjoy the political or personal relations aspect and he understands he's not well suited for it.

he's better in the locker room, sidelines, or practice facility than anywhere near a press conference

[Brutus Buckeye]

Does the disdain for Pelini exist outside of the Nebraska fan base? He is generally well liked in Columbus, but has OSU ties.

[ELA]

Does the disdain for Pelini exist outside of the Nebraska fan base? He is generally well liked in Columbus, but has OSU ties.

I don't dislike him, but I sure as hell wouldn't want him at MSU from a coaching perspective

[CWSooner]

I don't like him.

And the fact that he was at OU for 2 years (working for Brent Venables after Million-Dollar-Mike Stoops) left and screwed up the secondary made me glad to see him hit the road.

I can afford to not like him as a person because I don't have to like him as our coach.

[MrNubbz]

Pelini, 52, replaces Dave Aranda, who served as LSU's defensive coordinator the past four seasons before leaving for the head-coaching job at Baylor. Aranda had been the highest-paid assistant in college football, earning $2.5 million annually.

I thought I heard/read 3-4-5 yrs back LSU Athl.Dept was running in quite a deficit.Kinda crazy the  priorities of big time sports at the "amateur" level.With Coach O and Coach Bo that is one ugly staff

[FearlessF]

the AD had to be failing miserably to be running in the RED with a decent football program in the SEC

no boosters of substance trusted the AD?

[CatsbyAZ]

the spot light isn't too bright on the podium at Youngstown

A source said Pelini agreed to a three-year contract worth $2.3 million per year, at LSU

WOW - over TWO MILLION for a coordinator. This is bad business on the part of LSU. Pelini is NOT worth that much $$$ as an HC!

And for whoever said Pelini was working miracles, I agree - the miracle being the remarkable 9 & 10 win consistency he pulled off year after year. Along with consistent winning, Pelini's time in Lincoln remains one of the strangest tenures I've ever seen. The fan's disdain toward him mad all the worse by his total lack of self control on the sideline. His defense heavy first teams eventually giving way to winning through the offense. I could go on.

[FearlessF]

Pelini wasn't a great head coach, but so far he was better than Solich, Callahan, and Riley in Lincoln.  Jury is still out on Frost