PAY THAT MAN HIS MONEY!!!!

[OrangeFreek]

can someone explain what bnoro is saying here?

It sounds like bnoro is implying that Fran is gonna bounce for a bag and go against his own words, his own promise, and even going against what the lord gave him because he has said publicly he prayed for this!! I don’t like when Bnoro says stuff because he is 99% of the time correct.. i might go cry now..

 

[steve deberg]

can someone explain what bnoro is saying here?

I didn’t see or read his message, but I would assume the spirit of one of his messages essentially was:

“Teams with deeper pockets, better program infrastructure, and better recruiting territory/ pipelines are probably going to throw lots and lots of money at Fran. He likes it at Cuse, but he is only human.

Syracuse will never be able to compete with the outrageous NIL pools of the big boys, and there is no contract buyout big enough to deter them from going after Fran if they deem he is their guy.

There is no such thing as locking him up. If Fran continues on his current trajectory, this will be a yearly problem for us (and a yearly option for Fran).

So enjoy him while he’s here (which hopefully is a long time).”

 

[steve deberg]

I didn’t see or read his message, but I would assume the spirit of one of his messages essentially was:

“Teams with deeper pockets, better program infrastructure, and better recruiting territory/ pipelines are probably going to throw lots and lots of money at Fran. He likes it at Cuse, but he is only human.

Syracuse will never be able to compete with the outrageous NIL pools of the big boys, and there is no contract buyout big enough to deter them from going after Fran if they deem he is their guy.

There is no such thing as locking him up. If Fran continues on his current trajectory, this will be a yearly problem for us (and a yearly option for Fran).

So enjoy him while he’s here (which hopefully is a long time).”

I personally think Fran is going to want to find out what his ceiling is for sustained success at Syracuse before he would entertain making a move.

As fans, attending games and contributing to NIL are the two things we can do to ensure that his ceiling is as high as possible.

And in the meantime Syracuse, you absolutely need to pay the man his money.

 

[Sherman20]

Top 25 Highest Paid NCAA Football Coaches for 2025
Below is the list of the top 25 highest-paid head football coaches for the 2025 season, ranked by average annual value (AAV) of their contracts. Salaries are based on public disclosures and recent extensions, excluding bonuses. Football dominates these rankings, with the SEC holding 11 spots. Data is compiled from reliable sources like USA Today, ESPN, and Front Office Sports.

Rank​	Coach​	School​	Annual Salary (AAV)​
1	Kirby Smart	Georgia	$13.0M
2	Bill Belichick	North Carolina	$10.8M
3	Ryan Day	Ohio State	$11.5M
4	Dabo Swinney	Clemson	$11.5M
5	Lincoln Riley	USC	$10.6M
6	Dan Lanning	Oregon	$10.5M
7	Steve Sarkisian	Texas	$10.6M
8	Kalen DeBoer	Alabama	$10.25M
9	Deion Sanders	Colorado	$10.0M
10	Brian Kelly	LSU	$10.0M
11	James Franklin	Penn State	$9.8M
12	Mike Elko	Texas A&M	$9.5M
13	Lane Kiffin	Ole Miss	$9.0M
14	Marcus Freeman	Notre Dame	$8.9M
15	Matt Campbell	Iowa State	$8.5M
16	Billy Napier	Florida	$8.2M
17	Kirby Moore	Oklahoma	$8.0M
18	Josh Heupel	Tennessee	$7.8M
19	Dave Aranda	Baylor	$7.6M
20	Mike Locksley	Maryland	$7.5M
21	Mario Cristobal	Miami (FL)	$7.5M
22	Kirk Ferentz	Iowa	$7.4M
23	Lance Leipold	Kansas	$7.3M
24	Jeff Brohm	Purdue	$7.2M
25	Brent Venables	Oklahoma	$7.1M

Note: Some private schools (e.g., USC, Notre Dame) have estimated figures based on reports, as they aren’t required to disclose full details. Rankings may shift slightly with new extensions, but these reflect the latest data as of September 2025.

Jeff Brohm is at Louisville now. Not Purdue.

 

[SanDiegoCuse]

Penn State is the job I’d worry about the most. He could get every top Jersey kid, play in 100K stadium and compete for titles.

I feel like his morals are too strong to coach at that historical cesspool.

 

[Sherman20]

I didn’t see or read his message, but I would assume the spirit of one of his messages essentially was:

“Teams with deeper pockets, better program infrastructure, and better recruiting territory/ pipelines are probably going to throw lots and lots of money at Fran. He likes it at Cuse, but he is only human.

Syracuse will never be able to compete with the outrageous NIL pools of the big boys, and there is no contract buyout big enough to deter them from going after Fran if they deem he is their guy.

There is no such thing as locking him up. If Fran continues on his current trajectory, this will be a yearly problem for us (and a yearly option for Fran).

So enjoy him while he’s here (which hopefully is a long time).”

If Indiana can hold onto Cignetti and Iowa State can hold onto Matt Campbell, we can hold onto Fran for a few more years at least. We have much richer history than either of those programs. Fran will remain a hot commodity and won’t feel the need to rush off to the SEC for a while, if ever.

As for NIL, I thought most of the deals are getting rejected by the clearinghouse in basketball for this fall. And this will affect football for next year, yes? Which means NIL will be less of a factor going forward since many of those deals weren’t legit?

 

[BKCuse]

I'd love to see him do a Barstool interview. Portnoy owes him after crying about the running after UConn.

Portnoy is a tool. He doesn’t deserve an interview from Fran Brown

 

[BKCuse]

I mean… Rutgers is pretty close to home?

Rutgers and Penn State are the only two head coaching openings that would make me clench a little.

No way either of those programs has enough emotional pull to tempt him to leave. Fran and his family are so immeshed in Syracuse university and the community I can’t see him leaving unless we insult him with an offer.
I’m positive JW won’t let that happen. And I hope JW doesn’t retire anytime soon bc Fran has loyalty to him for giving him a chance when no one else would.

Also I have a suspicion that turning a historic NE program around like he’s doing and making us a national powerhouse is the kind of legacy that appeals to Fran more than going to the highest SEC bidder and trying to win a Natty somewhere in the south

Damn it feels good to be a Cuse fan again!

 

[IthacaBarrel]

It’s time for Wildhack to take this issue off the table. Pay the man. Maybe not $11MM but $9MM ish sounds good. I don’t want to go through the next year hearing about this every day.

Syracuse is a ridiculously rich school. The enrollment gains that come with top tier sports teams is proven. A couple of million is a rounding error for Syracuse.

yikes

 

[XC Cuse]

It sounds like bnoro is implying that Fran is gonna bounce for a bag and go against his own words, his own promise, and even going against what the lord gave him because he has said publicly he prayed for this!! I don’t like when Bnoro says stuff because he is 99% of the time correct.. i might go cry now..

Like he was right with Calvin Russell. Oh wait...

 

[hoopsupstate]

Add 2M to assistant pool, 10m is good for NIL, but we aren’t even close, and fan support.
Then get his salary to 7m and he stays.

They raised more than ten million last year before receiving the $14-15 million for the university. We are close.

 

[Irt4su]

Do
Always
Remain
Torange (go with it )

 

[JarHeadJim]

 

[JarHeadJim]

 

[OrangeFreek]

If only that was Fran’s post and not some Burner account

 

[690West]

It sounds like bnoro is implying that Fran is gonna bounce for a bag and go against his own words, his own promise, and even going against what the lord gave him because he has said publicly he prayed for this!! I don’t like when Bnoro says stuff because he is 99% of the time correct.. i might go cry now..

99%?!!!! Oh man I’m gonna need a board audit. texascpa

 

[richmondcuse03]

If only that was Fran’s post and not some Burner account

Well it is in fact a direct quote.

 

[721Comstock]

Well it is in fact a direct quote.

 

[Cusefan78]

I feel like his morals are too strong to coach at that historical cesspool.

People have short memories.

 

[NKR1978]

Portnoy is a tool. He doesn’t deserve an interview from Fran Brown

He has a massive audience of high school aged boys. Who cares if he's a tool?

 

[NKR1978]

Whatever happens, if Fran gets an offer he can't refuse that doesn't make him a bad person. Very few, if any, of us have ever had to turn down the kind of offers Fran is expected to see. I wont blame him if he can't. But I believe him when he says he'll be here a while.

 

[BKCuse]

He has a massive audience of high school aged boys. Who cares if he's a tool?

Me.
Fran has no problem reaching his desired HS aged audience so imo no need to give his time to a tool like Portnoy.

 

[BKCuse]

I enjoyed this but to be fair Fran wants to build from within also and lean on portal less than he has been.
And ppl need to stop throwing dirt on Dabo.

 

[SanDiegoCuse]

Urban Meyer thinks Syracuse's Fran Brown is 'the hottest coach in college sports'

Urban Meyer sings the praises of Syracuse head coach Fran Brown, calling him the "hottest coach in college sports" after their Week 4 win over Clemson.

awfulannouncing.com

 

[RedtheGOB]

Fran is 42. Dude has been a NCAA Head coach for all of 17 games.

He's no fool either. When we lost to Stanford and Pitt and BC he was just a mediocre coach last year. After Tenn and UConn OT again mediocre.

After Miami best coach in college, After Clemson best coach in college. Next week who knows.

Too many of these SEC teams are like a dog chasing a car. They see the car drive by and they want it when they see it. But If they caught the car they wouldn't know what to do with it.