Kevin O'Sullivan gets 10 year contract extension

[williston_gator]

@onlygators: With 10-yr extension, Florida #Gators have reportedly made Kevin O'Sullivan 1 of highest-paid coaches in the nation. http://bit.ly/2d5hc4x

 

[T REX]

Stricklin working FAST! Oh wait a sec...

 

[williston_gator]

10-yr $12.5m w/ $500k signing bonus. $500k/yr buyout.

 

[NavetG8r]

Wow, 10 years. The guy may not even be alive in 10 years. Holy overkill.

 

[BNAG8R]

So that's a guaranteed $5m buyout, going down $500k/yr with every $1.25m he gets. Almost seems like incentive to suck and get fired.

 

[MidwestChomp]

10 years seems a bit much.

 

[GatorJ]

Foley strikes again! @oxrageous and his dad are going to be excited!!

They love themselves some Sully!!

 

[Mr2Bits]

Wonder how much Texas having a chub for him came into play with this. Great recruiter, great team, just needs to close the deal!

 

[gatormandan]

I like Sully but this is a bit much. Whats wrong with doing a 3 year deal with certain contingencies for longer or something like that.

 

[williston_gator]

@gatorhoops: O'Sullivan's new deal ($1.25 mil/yr) will make him highest paid coach in college baseball ahead of L'ville's Dan McDonnell ($1.06 mil/yr).

 

[oxrageous]

 

[GatorTAG]

He can basically chill and become very complacent with that contract. I don't like it.

 

[T REX]

This is Foley's doing not the new guy. Stricklin probably isn't all the way moved into his office. Foley is never gonna leave.

 

[oxrageous]

He can basically chill and become very complacent with that contract.

How is that different from how he already is?

If more people cared about baseball they would be outraged by this contract. Fortunately I don't care enough to really sound off. It's just safe to say we won't be winning it all for a long time.

 

[GatorTAG]

As a parting gift Foley ruins the one good coach we have.

 

[oxrageous]

By the way, where does Foley get off giving 10 year contracts in the last month of his tenure? You wouldn't let the new guy handle this? Seems like a slap at him.

 

[GatorTAG]

How is that different from how he already is?.

I think he worked hard at being a bridesmaid every year. Now he's not going to work at all.

 

[Gator Fever]

Its crazy a college baseball coach is even capable of making money like this when the sport doesn't bring in any money. Heck you only see a very few people attending most games except the college world series.

 

[Swamp Donkey]

Typical.

Fooley spends football money freely to pay top dollar for coaches for nonrevenue sports.

BUT, shops at Big Lots for football coaches that produce 100 plus million a year.

 

[TheBigClaw]

Never give a coach a contract extension with a raise until they actually win a championship. Didn't we learn after Muschamp?