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Message: [QUOTE="Dooley, post: 2923365, member: 2920"] $2.8M/yr is a financial pool that UConn [I][B]has[/B][/I] to operate in. Especially when we all see UConn funding its overall athletic department at $70M. Next closest is Cincinnati at $58M. Coincidentally, UC pays Luke Fickell $2M/yr while we pay Edsall $1M/yr. Fickell isn't even the highest paid football coach in the American. That honor goes to Memphis and Mike Norvell at $2.6M/yr. I also think Charlie Strong will make $2.5M/yr from USF after his Texas buyout money evaporates. Drives me nuts that UConn spends sooooooooooo much money on sports that haven't moved the CR needle whatsoever and is beyond cheap in the one and only sport that does. Kansas is making a statement in football. They're a hoops school, just like UConn, that's had enough. They can read the tea leaves of the future of the Big 12 and are positioning themselves brilliantly to make a move to the Big 10 or PAC12 (thanks to P5/Big 12 money). They're spending $300M to improve their football stadium and facilities. Now, this Les Miles hire is bringing "[URL='https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/les-miles-and-kansas-were-the-perfect-match-for-rehabilitation-relevancy-and-respect/']immediate legitimacy, relevancy, and respect[/URL]" to Kansas football. We could desperately use some immediate legitimacy, relevancy, and respect to UConn football. While $300M to upgrade the Rent is not happening, spending $2.8M/yr to bring in an actual FBS quality head coach is something we absolutely can do. And should do before it's too late. [/QUOTE]

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