Elko's agent is Jimmy Sexton, representative of Jimbo and others. Are we gonna get Sexton'd again? Job openings at Penn State and Florida turn into a big extension for Elko?

That's his job.

And our admin/AD's job is to keep us on an upward path without getting fleeced (again).

If we get to the playoff this year, I would think a big extension is basically guaranteed.

Yes - expect Elko to get a raise and extension.

The question should be, who is Trev's agent?

Having Sexton negotiate with Sexton with the last guy wasn't good.

Seems like Sexton is all the main HC agent....he gets rich by doing this annually. It's absurd.

Just posted this in another thread but Elko isn't on the Vegas odds sheet to be the next coach at PSU. Don't expect raise or extension point in time.

I highly doubt Elko is interested in PSU job and would not use the opening as leverage to get a raise.

Elko seems like a guy content with his contract, if we offer more he will take it, but I wouldn't expect him to say anything until the spring / summer before his last season if we haven't extended him by then.

He has a good contract with good perks, benefits and incentives, he is focused on the work IMHO.

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Just posted this in another thread but Elko isn't on the Vegas odds sheet to be the next coach at PSU. Don't expect raise or extension point in time.

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This carousel will have several big openings as pieces move. Elko will be in play at some point.

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I highly doubt Elko is interested in PSU job and would not use the opening as leverage to get a raise.

Elko seems like a guy content with his contract, if we offer more he will take it, but I wouldn't expect him to say anything until the spring / summer before his last season if we haven't extended him by then.

He has a good contract with good perks, benefits and incentives, he is focused on the work IMHO.

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LOL

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Jarrin Jay said:

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I highly doubt Elko is interested in PSU job and would not use the opening as leverage to get a raise.

Elko seems like a guy content with his contract, if we offer more he will take it, but I wouldn't expect him to say anything until the spring / summer before his last season if we haven't extended him by then.

He has a good contract with good perks, benefits and incentives, he is focused on the work IMHO.

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LOL

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He's not wrong.

It just all depends on what the actual terms offered would be.

We have a way of giving great contracts to coaches, not great for A&M.


I'd say our funds, including NIL, are top tier. You don't leave unless there's cracks in the foundation and need to scramble

Jarrin Jay said:

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I highly doubt Elko is interested in PSU job and would not use the opening as leverage to get a raise.

Elko seems like a guy content with his contract, if we offer more he will take it, but I wouldn't expect him to say anything until the spring / summer before his last season if we haven't extended him by then.

He has a good contract with good perks, benefits and incentives, he is focused on the work IMHO.

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Agree. Elko has really nice incentives built into his contract. He seems confident in the trajectory of the program and if he meets his goals, he's going to get huge bonuses. He'll also set himself up for a much better extension when it comes time to re-negotiate.

Elko seems like the kind of guy looking at the bigger picture and the confidence to believe he'll make it happen.

Elkos agent isn't Jimmy Sexton lol

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Jarrin Jay said:

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I highly doubt Elko is interested in PSU job and would not use the opening as leverage to get a raise.

Elko seems like a guy content with his contract, if we offer more he will take it, but I wouldn't expect him to say anything until the spring / summer before his last season if we haven't extended him by then.

He has a good contract with good perks, benefits and incentives, he is focused on the work IMHO.

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Agree. Elko has really nice incentives built into his contract. He seems confident in the trajectory of the program and if he meets his goals, he's going to get huge bonuses. He'll also set himself up for a much better extension when it comes time to re-negotiate.

Elko seems like the kind of guy looking at the bigger picture and the confidence to believe he'll make it happen.

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Everything else being equal, you would turn down a job that will guarantee you a yearly salary that is equal to or more than what you currently can possibly earn with incentives?

Slow down. Let's wait and see if Elko has a good season or the usual late season Aggie collapse

When was the last time a coach got a raise and extension in the last year of his contract. There are only two levers in CFB. Raise an extension when another big job comes open and top coaches are rumored. Or buyout. That's it.

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I highly doubt Elko is interested in PSU job and would not use the opening as leverage to get a raise.

Elko seems like a guy content with his contract, if we offer more he will take it, but I wouldn't expect him to say anything until the spring / summer before his last season if we haven't extended him by then.

He has a good contract with good perks, benefits and incentives, he is focused on the work IMHO.

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That may be true of Elko, but it wouldn't be indicative of his agent, which the internet says is jimmy Sexton.

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I highly doubt Elko is interested in PSU job and would not use the opening as leverage to get a raise.

Elko seems like a guy content with his contract, if we offer more he will take it, but I wouldn't expect him to say anything until the spring / summer before his last season if we haven't extended him by then.

He has a good contract with good perks, benefits and incentives, he is focused on the work IMHO.

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Agree. Elko has really nice incentives built into his contract. He seems confident in the trajectory of the program and if he meets his goals, he's going to get huge bonuses. He'll also set himself up for a much better extension when it comes time to re-negotiate.

Elko seems like the kind of guy looking at the bigger picture and the confidence to believe he'll make it happen.

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Everything else being equal, you would turn down a job that will guarantee you a yearly salary that is equal to or more than what you currently can possibly earn with incentives?

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At a certain point, another $1-2M may not be as big of a mover as it would seem to some. And in TX vs PA with the tax situation may be negligible.

And if I'm already making more money than I can spend, at a good place where my work is having an immediate impact, my superiors and customer base are pleased, and if I keep it up and the trajectory holds, I could make this amount, and likely more in the near future, for as long as I want to. Or I could go somewhere where I may have to restart the rebuilding process, and while I may be making a mil or two more guaranteed, if that rebuild doesn't go to plan, I may only make that little extra guarantees for 3 years before I'm fired.

Basically, why screw with a good thing…grass isn't always greener…etc.

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And our admin/AD's job is to keep us on an upward path without getting fleeced (again).

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I highly doubt Elko is interested in PSU job and would not use the opening as leverage to get a raise.

Elko seems like a guy content with his contract, if we offer more he will take it, but I wouldn't expect him to say anything until the spring / summer before his last season if we haven't extended him by then.

He has a good contract with good perks, benefits and incentives, he is focused on the work IMHO.

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Agree. Elko has really nice incentives built into his contract. He seems confident in the trajectory of the program and if he meets his goals, he's going to get huge bonuses. He'll also set himself up for a much better extension when it comes time to re-negotiate.

Elko seems like the kind of guy looking at the bigger picture and the confidence to believe he'll make it happen.

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Everything else being equal, you would turn down a job that will guarantee you a yearly salary that is equal to or more than what you currently can possibly earn with incentives?

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At a certain point, another $1-2M may not be as big of a mover as it would seem to some. And in TX vs PA with the tax situation may be negligible.

And if I'm already making more money than I can spend, at a good place where my work is having an immediate impact, my superiors and customer base are pleased, and if I keep it up and the trajectory holds, I could make this amount, and likely more in the near future, for as long as I want to. Or I could go somewhere where I may have to restart the rebuilding process, and while I may be making a mil or two more guaranteed, if that rebuild doesn't go to plan, I may only make that little extra guarantees for 3 years before I'm fired.

Basically, why screw with a good thing…grass isn't always greener…etc.

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Elko makes $7M/year in base salary. He could easily demand $9-10M. Penn St would pay it. The contract would be 7-8 years guaranteed. That's reality. Stop kidding yourself that that's not what is going to happen.

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Elko makes $7M/year in base salary. He could easily demand $9-10M. Penn St would pay it. The contract would be 7-8 years guaranteed. That's reality. Stop kidding yourself that that's not what is going to happen.

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Not sure why you're pushing this, but if he makes the playoffs or wins the conference then he'll be taken care of.
Well taken care of.

If he Jimbo's out, it'll be a moot point.

Sexton is not Elko's agent.

Sexton does represent almost all of the rest of the SEC coaches though.

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I highly doubt Elko is interested in PSU job and would not use the opening as leverage to get a raise.

Elko seems like a guy content with his contract, if we offer more he will take it, but I wouldn't expect him to say anything until the spring / summer before his last season if we haven't extended him by then.

He has a good contract with good perks, benefits and incentives, he is focused on the work IMHO.

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Agree. Elko has really nice incentives built into his contract. He seems confident in the trajectory of the program and if he meets his goals, he's going to get huge bonuses. He'll also set himself up for a much better extension when it comes time to re-negotiate.

Elko seems like the kind of guy looking at the bigger picture and the confidence to believe he'll make it happen.

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Everything else being equal, you would turn down a job that will guarantee you a yearly salary that is equal to or more than what you currently can possibly earn with incentives?

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At a certain point, another $1-2M may not be as big of a mover as it would seem to some. And in TX vs PA with the tax situation may be negligible.

And if I'm already making more money than I can spend, at a good place where my work is having an immediate impact, my superiors and customer base are pleased, and if I keep it up and the trajectory holds, I could make this amount, and likely more in the near future, for as long as I want to. Or I could go somewhere where I may have to restart the rebuilding process, and while I may be making a mil or two more guaranteed, if that rebuild doesn't go to plan, I may only make that little extra guarantees for 3 years before I'm fired.

Basically, why screw with a good thing…grass isn't always greener…etc.

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Elko makes $7M/year in base salary. He could easily demand $9-10M. Penn St would pay it. The contract would be 7-8 years guaranteed. That's reality. Stop kidding yourself that that's not what is going to happen.

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Maybe if he makes the playoffs he can demand that. Penn state will be going after a bigger name than Elko anyway. Elko has a lot more to prove before he becomes a hot commodity. Elko isn't going anywhere so it's time for these threads to die

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Elko makes $7M/year in base salary. He could easily demand $9-10M. Penn St would pay it. The contract would be 7-8 years guaranteed. That's reality. Stop kidding yourself that that's not what is going to happen.

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Not sure why you're pushing this, but if he makes the playoffs or wins the conference then he'll be taken care of.

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What don't you understand about "if"? No one settles for a contingency when they can get a guarantee.

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personal injury lawyers would disagree.

Haha. Ppl think Elko or anyone isn't out for the most they can get. Naive.

Great timing in the sense that the next 3 weeks will determine what we might be

Interesting, the one coach in the sec who doesnt have sexton as a agent has the worse contract.

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Not when the contingency and the guarantee are the same amount, as is the case here.

maybe send some guido's to his house....rough him up a little....send a message....

"hey yo, Jimmy Sex....ol' Looch and the 'boys at TexAgs says hello"

If it makes posters feel better, huge salaries with long-term contracts and buyouts is a college football problem, not a Texas A&M problem. Let's say LSU loses to Vandy tomorrow and all the fans want Kelly fired. It would be a $50 million dollar buyout to fire him. Let's say Kentucky wants to fire Mark Stoops...well, that is also a huge buyout, and so forth. I wonder if in general as the NIL landscape and funding models change if eventually the market will shift away from all these super long coaching contracts with massive buyouts to a different model.

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Sexton is not Elko's agent.

Sexton does represent almost all of the rest of the SEC coaches though.

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I think this is correct. Sexton is with CAA
Elko is with WME - i think Dowdle is his agent.

Expect the Texas Aggies powers-to-be to do something stupid again for the umpteenth time! It's in their DNA.

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I highly doubt Elko is interested in PSU job and would not use the opening as leverage to get a raise.

Elko seems like a guy content with his contract, if we offer more he will take it, but I wouldn't expect him to say anything until the spring / summer before his last season if we haven't extended him by then.

He has a good contract with good perks, benefits and incentives, he is focused on the work IMHO.

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Agree. Elko has really nice incentives built into his contract. He seems confident in the trajectory of the program and if he meets his goals, he's going to get huge bonuses. He'll also set himself up for a much better extension when it comes time to re-negotiate.

Elko seems like the kind of guy looking at the bigger picture and the confidence to believe he'll make it happen.

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Everything else being equal, you would turn down a job that will guarantee you a yearly salary that is equal to or more than what you currently can possibly earn with incentives?

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1. Yes, I might depending on the job. I have done this several times in my career, though in all fairness, the numbers worked out for me (e.g. extra $20K-$30K but having to move is not worth giving up the free childcare from nearby family and increased cost-of-living elsewhere). I still wouldn't have taken a number of those jobs even if they were above the break even point, though, because I didn't want to do that kind of work or work for that employer. There is always a number that makes it worth it, but unless you are in a dire financial position, it may not be worth it to jump if there is only a relatively minor increase percentage-wise.

2. I doubt anyone is looking to pay Elko more per-year than he could make in incentives. What does he get for winning the SEC and the natty again? Something like $13-14M? If someone wants to throw a Lincoln Riley-style contract at him, they probably get him, but I just don't see that happening.