Brent Key contract details

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RamblinRed said:
Ken's article is very helpful.

It is clear GT didn't have a huge pool of money, but maximized what they could. The fact that the incentives were largely in line with what I believe the incentives were for Collins suggest this isn't a result of decreasing the guaranteed and increasing the incentives. More, this is what GT could make work with the budget constraints.

According to the AJC article Collins staff was paid $5.7MM last season.
The $10.3MM combined number (Key + staff) is the highest GT has ever paid out.
GT came into this season with $12.1MM fund deficit and then has to pay out $11.4MM to Collins.

According to the USA Today database the total paid to the 10 on field assistants in 2022 was $3.9MM. That was eighth out of eighth among the 8 ACC Schools required to report numbers (the public schools).
If you assume the same 32% increase for both on field and off field support than the new contract would move GT to sixth among the eighth (assuming none of them increase their numbers as well).
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That's on paper. GTAA is a non-profit, so the intent is to spend the money. There's more money there than most people suppose.
 

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forensicbuzz said:
Can we refine that to include never been a coordinator at the P5 level (was an OC for 1 year at G5)? I love the hire, but there is a reason he was willing to take a lower salary to get his chance with the big boys. I wish him all the luck and am squarely in his corner.
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We can, but that just means more work for me lol.

4 of the 65 P5 coaches had never been a HC or had been a coordinator at the P5 level. Key, Swinney, Joey McGuire for Texas Tech, and Kyle Whittingham.
 
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Blue&Gold1034 said:
We can, but that just means more work for me lol.

4 of the 65 P5 coaches had never been a HC or had been a coordinator at the P5 level. Key, Swinney, Joey McGuire for Texas Tech, and Kyle Whittingham.
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I like Whittingham (liked him when ND hired him after the O'Leary debacle), Swinney has been successful because he knows how to lead, and I don't know Joey McGuire, but if he's anything like Jerry, show me the money. I think Key will be fine. I think if he gets in over his head, he has lifelines and isn't too egotistical to use them.
 
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