Post by williamtsherman on Oct 10, 2018 19:37:40 GMT -6
Over on the other side of the fence, where the grass looks significantly greener:
Alabama's Nick Saban is the highest paid coach at $8,307,000. Urban Meyer is second at $7,600,000 and Michigan's Jim Harbaugh is third at $7,504,000.
How much value does Saban add at Alabama each year? I have no idea....but a huge amount obviously. For all I know, he may be the highest paid AND the best bargain.
Harbaugh, on the other hand, is a doubtful bargain. Seems like a competent coach at MI should be a threat to make the play-off most years, and Harbaugh hasn't yet managed it. Can't see how he's adding $7.5 million value to Michigan each year...or much of anything actually. The contrast with Meyer has to be extremely painful for MI fans. Without so much as a quick Google search, I would guess that MI fans are starting to get pretty impatient.
"We can't expect our poor BSU coach to contend for the MAC this year because of [insert description of disadvantage all MAC coaches face]"