Fire Gus
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Mack is in year 6 and he happen to have his best season in year 4 (2022) which was kind of a "contract year". They played for the ACC title with a 9-5 record (although they did lose the last 4 games of the season). That bought him time for 2023 and now 2024.
Gus has nothing to hang his hat on in year 4. 4-8 or 5-7 season, losing a large amount of the 2-deep, and we are trending downward. Seems like an easy decision to me. There was a thread on here not that long ago and I put a big diatribe on it about how ADs need to rethink how they hire and maintain coaches. First deal is 4 years with optional 5th, after that 3 year deals with no options (or whatever someone thinks works). It's year 4 and I would not renew, and I'd move on.
Gus has nothing to hang his hat on in year 4. 4-8 or 5-7 season, losing a large amount of the 2-deep, and we are trending downward. Seems like an easy decision to me. There was a thread on here not that long ago and I put a big diatribe on it about how ADs need to rethink how they hire and maintain coaches. First deal is 4 years with optional 5th, after that 3 year deals with no options (or whatever someone thinks works). It's year 4 and I would not renew, and I'd move on.
Why does everybody say we can't afford a $12 million buyout? Utter non-sense. Certainly not optimal but that's the stakes at the highest levels.
https://www.blackandgoldbanneret.co...was agreed upon that,new TV contract kicks in.
"It was agreed upon that UCF, Cincinnati, BYU, and Houston are to receive a fixed lower share of approximately $18 million in 2023-2024 and $19 million in 2024-2025 from the media deal, and then get a full share starting in 2025-2026, after the Big 12’s new TV contract kicks in. The payouts for these four schools are to come from the payouts the remaining eight were receiving from ESPN and Fox. To make up for it, the eight would then recoup those funds from the exit fees of Texas and Oklahoma, per CBS’ Dennis Dodd."
Once we get to the 2025-26 season, UCF — and the other 15 schools — get full drops. The final annual revenue total under the new media deal with ESPN and Fox would push into the range of $50 million per school. The new deal will run from 2025-31 and include a Grant of Rights provision."
https://www.blackandgoldbanneret.co...was agreed upon that,new TV contract kicks in.
"It was agreed upon that UCF, Cincinnati, BYU, and Houston are to receive a fixed lower share of approximately $18 million in 2023-2024 and $19 million in 2024-2025 from the media deal, and then get a full share starting in 2025-2026, after the Big 12’s new TV contract kicks in. The payouts for these four schools are to come from the payouts the remaining eight were receiving from ESPN and Fox. To make up for it, the eight would then recoup those funds from the exit fees of Texas and Oklahoma, per CBS’ Dennis Dodd."
Once we get to the 2025-26 season, UCF — and the other 15 schools — get full drops. The final annual revenue total under the new media deal with ESPN and Fox would push into the range of $50 million per school. The new deal will run from 2025-31 and include a Grant of Rights provision."
Normally I would say give him one more year because it takes time to build a program, but there just isn't any sign that things are starting to head in the right direction at the end of Year 4. Obviously the win-loss record has been worse each year he's been here, but even if you look beyond that there aren't any facets of the game where you see improvement. He's resorted to reshuffling the 2-deep through the portal every year so there's no internal development. Most of his high school recruits haven't seen the field. He continues to ignore the defensive side of the ball and places no emphasis on hiring quality coordinators. It seems like he just goes cheap every time while the great coaches invest heavily in great coordinators. And of course he can't get the QB position right even when he actually has one in the locker room. Why would next year be different? It honestly feels like he's checked out. He looks and sounds like someone whose heart just isn't in it anymore.
Very much like the Heupel situation but we somehow got lucky and that worked our for both sides....I'm talking about him leaving and us getting a bunch of money out of it, and we didn't have to pay him out of his contract, etc....
