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[QUOTE="nzm136, post: 2454040, member: 2531"]
The real question is "what does 'couldn't' mean?."

In a vacuum, Syracuse University absolutely 'can' pay Hart more than he is making at Indiana, as 'can' SU AD. Syracuse University has a massive budget and an endowment that's over $1B. SUAD makes $80-90 MM per year + donations + payouts from its endowment. Both 'can' swing a couple hundred thousand dollars.

The issue is that we don't live in a vacuum. Every decision has costs. It could very well be that Hart brings more to IU than SU, so the trade offs that we would have to make to clear up the resources that IU would be willing to devote to Hart aren't worth it.

The exact opposite situation could exist with another coach.

I'm not sure that Mike's departure means too much about the financial strength of our program compared to theirs. And honestly, I don't think that he was a bad coach, but it's not like he is irreplaceable. And the fact that he was from here, but went to Michigan was a little awkward. My guess is that he has more comfort and name recognition in B1G land than ACC land.
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