Saw this posted on reddit and thought it would be a nice off season debate
TL;DR - would you rather have:
For the sake of argument let's say supporting staff would be paid average salary for the conference, no one would outearn the HC.
Would you rather have your program run by one of the top head coaches in the sport, whose salaries usually come in around $10 million these days. Think Saban, Smart, Day, Kelly, Riley but your NIL budget shrinks to just $1 million for the entire roster each year. Or would you rather have $10 million to spend on players, being able to buy one of the best rosters each year, but your head coach only makes about $1 million per year. Think Jason Candle, Mike McIntyre, Jim Mora Jr.
The NIL market is a little bit of a fog of war right now, but the estimation is that 5-8 million a year gets you a pretty solid P5 roster and 10-12 is where the big boys play.
So, does success start at the top or is it all about the Jimmies and the Joes?
TL;DR - would you rather have:
- $10mil to pay your HC a year
- $1mil in annual NIL budget
- $10mil in NIL annually
- $1mil salary for the HC
For the sake of argument let's say supporting staff would be paid average salary for the conference, no one would outearn the HC.