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[QUOTE="longtimefan, post: 1593675, member: 212"]
I came to conclusions other than "SU is still not paying its coaches enough". (See bees and UEO above re: how much we're paying, and if it's sufficient.)

Rather--it is becoming more difficult for non-P5 schools to hire P5 coordinators as head coaches, because those guys are making more in their current gigs than they would as head coaches at G5 programs. The piece notes that the exception to this is the American, but I think the reason some AAC programs came up with the cash is their hope to move up in case of a Big XII expansion (Houston, Memphis, maybe even SMU).

Which brings up the macro point--the widening gap between the haves and have-nots. It's only been about 3 years since the P5-G5-everybody else split was formalized, and the new world order has already put the non-Power 5 schools behind the 8-ball in the competition for quality coaching. Our concern should be that no rigid caste system among the P5 conferences leaves many of us breathing the exhaust of the SEC and B1G.

As an aside, this article states that Babers was earning less than $449K at BG.
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