Flashdiaz said:
PJYoung said:
Flashdiaz said:
PJYoung said:
Quality control staff. We're gonna have a bunch of them like Bama and Clemson.
why didn't we do this before?
Why doesn't everybody do it?
Money.
we had money before as well.
Either the check signers said no to Sumlin or Sumlin didn't want\ask for them.
Just wondering why we didn't do this before...
Excellent question. Until this year with Jimbo, we have averaged 4th in football spending in the SEC West even with Sumlin's contract, and our final conference ranking has averaged 4th in the SEC West. The 3 SEC west schools that spend more than us have usually finished above us in the final rankings. We bring in a lot more than other schools, but we save it or spend it on other sports. Even outside the SEC, football spending almost always predicts the final conference standings. (interestingly, t.u. is the biggest exception to this rule. They spend Bama money and get tech results)
Our ADs have been VERY fiscally conservative ever since Byrne had to borrow money from Gates to pay for bad contracts and stadium upgrades. For new Kyle, they tried seeing if facilities, by themselves, can generate results. Since that hasn't really work, AD is now succumbing to the fact that you have to spend major dollars EVERY YEAR on coaching staffs to compete at the highest level. I'm predicting that our elite level spending will put us into the 1 or 2 spot in the SEC West most years after a year or two of growing pains. I'm just hoping that we don't end up like t.u. spending big bucks and getting terrible results.
