1 - MeridianOMRebel
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Let's talk about this "Money not there to fire Luke" lie
The political clout of the GOBs (and what is being reportedly coming from Boyce as well) is that firing Luke is off limits. This is being reported as to what the AD candidates are being told.
The Luke supporters are saying it's because we can't financially handle firing him. Does anyone truly believe that lie? The hiring of the new AD is going so slowly intentionally to make sure they do not have enough time to fire Luke.
But, let's look at reality:
1. Mike MacIntyre will be a HC somewhere (Vandy perhaps) next season. The job he has done with our defense has really been great and proven he's a solid coach. In order to replace him, that's another 2 year contract that'll be signed for his replacement.
2. There have been strong rumblings that RR is on his way out. The excuse for failure that is being used is that RR really wasn't Luke's top choice. It's also being reported that RR is not happy at all with where he's at. Add to that players, supposedly, reporting how unhappy they are with the verbal abuse. RR will be gone, and another OC signed to a fresh 2 year contract.
3. Luke's contract automatically renewing. Several people have stated that Luke's contract is set to automatically renew while Ole Miss is on probation. I have no idea is that is accurate or not. I haven't been able to find this out or confirm it. Scary if true.
But let's look at points 1 and 2 (gonna disregard 3 unless someone here can confirm it). If we get two new coordinators, with 2 year contract, then how will that mean we will be financially in better shape next year to make the change? Maybe we go bottom basement hunting and get them on the cheap. So, the total buyout then goes from around 12 million to 11 million?
Let's talk about lost revenue from ticket sales, concessions, merchandise, and donations. We will lose at least a million by keeping Luke next season.
So, if this excuse holds water this year, then it'll be just a relevant after next season as well. I'm not buying it. Boyce is just part of the GOB network and appears this was a deal he made to get in.
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Re: Let's talk about this "Money not there to fire Luke" lie
Our probation ends November 30, 2020. So if Matt Luke's contract should not roll over another year after this season (if that's what it actually does). Also, when our probation ends--and we have no new violations--we are supposed to get 50% of the bowl revenue we would have received except for being on probation.
Vitter and Bjork screwed the pooch with the Luke contract. He would have taken the job for half of what we are paying him now. After next season, Luke will have had four years. If he can't win 6 games and get to a bowl next season, he needs to be fired immediately after the Egg Bowl. If he is retained after next season with a losing record, it's a screaming signal to all the world that our Administration has written off the football program. I hope Chancellor Boyce and the new AD are not that stupid, but I don't discount anything in this cluster that our football program has become.
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Re: Let's talk about this "Money not there to fire Luke" lie
Boyce is a puppet of the GOB regime. Why do you think he suddenly, out of nowhere got the job? He swindled the taxpayers out of $87k, which is dirty money. Are there any plans for him to return it? He is telling everyone to keep Fluke because that is what he is being told to do.
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Re: Let's talk about this "Money not there to fire Luke" lie
If the GOB's are conservative, I'm for it. If not, I'm against.
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Re: Let's talk about this "Money not there to fire Luke" lie
I was told a few weeks ago that Luke would be back next season barring a miracle. The plan has always been to first hire an AD and then let the AD make the call on coaches. As pointed out by Meridian, delaying the AD hire likely ensures that Luke is back next year and that’s their goal. Also Keith Carter is a friend of Luke so I highly doubt he’s going to fire him.
Now on to RR and MM. When RR came to Oxford he rented a house. He didn’t buy one. That suggests to me that this was a one year deal from the beginning for him. I imagine, given Luke’s history, that he will look for a scapegoat and being that RR was going to leave here anyway, it makes sense that he will pin his failures on him and act as if he encouraged him to find work elsewhere. Truth be told, RR was never going to be a long term deal anyway. MM bought a house. That suggests to me that he was not planning on leaving after one season and was in fact planning on returning. So if both leave you could say Luke was 0 for 2 on coordinators. He couldn’t convince the one planning to leave, not to leave. And he couldn’t convince the one planning to stay, to stay.
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Re: Let's talk about this "Money not there to fire Luke" lie
Luke is back! ( if you should have watched Finebaum this aft in the Grove and you'd know and it makes sense)Next question. No one is walking in ad firing someone. END OF MISERABLE STORY.
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Re: Let's talk about this "Money not there to fire Luke" lie
I hope when Luke's fired , the GOB'S don't try to force him on the next coach. That would be the ultimate slap in the face. Better yet , let's hope hes not the coaches boss , as an AD.
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Re: Let's talk about this "Money not there to fire Luke" lie
Ellisvillereb wrote:
I hope when Luke's fired , the GOB'S don't try to force him on the next coach. That would be the ultimate slap in the face. Better yet , let's hope hes not the coaches boss , as an AD.
At this point Luke as AD would be a blessing bc that would mean he wasn’t our coach next year.
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Re: Let's talk about this "Money not there to fire Luke" lie
If the GOB's are conservative, I'm for it. If not, I'm against.
The GOBs are self serving and only care about being important. They have an elitist attitude and look down on anyone not in their circle. Most of them are simply big fish in a small pond who are more interested in being seen and making the scene. They do not care about Ole Miss football being a winner as long as they have access to the program.
It is now appearing that the mustache man will be a puppet for the GOB. You can be assured that the next AD will be another puppet and a yes man. Most likely Ole Miss will never be a consistent winner because the administration is not planning or supporting the idea of being champions.
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