Pope’s BYU Buyout

[SkyPrince1]

So Mitch isn't directly responsible for the 11+ million we paid for a new coach? Maybe your the one that doesn't comprehend this.

I think we all understand the buyout was apart of Pope's BYU contract, we all follow sports here.

It's the fact that we paid 6 million to another school and 5 million plus on top of that for a guy at Pope's level. This is just the latest example of Mitch's ineptitude. He paid 2.5 million to fire Joker, signed Cal to a lifetime contract, the mess we have with Stoops.

Tell us how you would have done it.

 

[TucsonCat]

This thread is shockingly stupid. There were probably dozens of other threads discussing Cals or Stoops contracts. How many years were left. Money. Buyouts. Mitch didn't believe in them.

I guess it explains why every now and then someone would write "All I know it's they gotta get rid of him." I never took it that literally.

 

[bigblueinsanity]

I genuinely never knew his buyout was 6 mil.

Hardly anyone did apparently. I know I didn't. I know i never saw it anywhere before now. No wonder, its an embarrassing amount to pay on top of the other stuff and Mitch no doubt preferred it quiet.

Again i love Pope but we massively overpaid for a poor resume considering the guy would've crawled here.

 

[qwesley]

That's the type of contract you get when you're at the top of the food chain of coaches
Basketball and Football.
It's not uncommon as all the upper echelon coaches have this in their contracts.

What is Stoops buyout if another team hires him? Barnhart lets the agents write the contracts.