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[QUOTE="721Comstock, post: 2751581, member: 5429"]
I wouldn't hold my breath on that $4 milly.

Dabo gets $6+ at Clemson, and Taggart gets $5 at FSU.  
Far too rich for our blood.  
We're not a factory program, never was, never will be.

Richt, Fuente, and Cheatrino all get right around $4m, give or take. 
That's likely still a bit higher than we'd go - as good as Dino is, these guys all had much better palmares coming into these gigs than Dino did.

[B]Bronco gets $3.55m at UVA, and then you've got Johnson, NardDog, and Doeren at around $3m each. [/B]
THIS is the sweet spot for what we need to offer Dino:  at LEAST $3m, and ideally more like $3.5M, PLUS a corresponding salary increase for all of his staff. 
$3.6m would be a 50% increase over his reported $2.4m salary.  
$3m is a 25% increase.  I think that's too light.

Throw in a bunch of performance incentives to up the ante if he really kills it.

And also add a LARGE buyout clause, to provide the war chest to replace Dino, if we can't keep him down the road.

Dabo's is $35M, Taggart's $22m - don't need to be that large. 
Fedora's is $12m, Petrino $14m, Fuente $15m, Bronco $18m.  
Again, this is your range - somewhere in the $12-$18m area for the buyout.

So, if I'm Wildhack, I'm offering $3.5M, with additional performance incentives, and a buyout for $14m, for another 6-7 years (he's already been here 3).
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