There is a point where money won't be what makes the difference. Either Frost wants to be at UF because he recognizes it is a better opportunity than Nebraska or he wants to go coach where he played. I don't think a less than 10% pay difference is going to be what makes him choose one over the other. I also don't want to get in a bidding war.
I really like Frost and I hope he is the guy, but paying him $6.5 million when he has never coached in a power 5 conference seems crazy. $3-4 million and give him incentives and raises when he performs well. He hasn't proven himself at the highest level yet...
Agreed. And don't want a guy who's chasing the highest paycheck. But UCF can pay $3.5M and Nebraska will allegedly offer $6.5M. If that's true do we match it? If he's the guy then we pay what it takes. I'm really not interested in going to 3rd or 4th on our list again.
It would be reasonable for the contract to be incentive laced. Or even to be something like $4M year one, $5M year two, $6M year three. But it don't work that way and agents do the negotiating and they're gonna get as much as they can. Maybe, hopefully, since Frost's agent is Trace Armstrong he steers Frost away from going after just the highest paycheck. Wishful thinking.
I think UF should have a coach that is
worth $6.5M a year. So going after bargain basement hires doesn't interest me. Go big or go home.