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Sam "Ace" Rothstein
The worst case scenario, as I've seen posited, is that we're on the hook for the entire contract (assumed to be $18mil over 6 years). He'll have 5 years of that left after this season, which is where the $15mil figure comes from.
I don't believe the buyout is that high... By definition, you would have to assume that the buyout is some number less than the full contracted amount.
The "negotiations" would likely be about when the payments are made and how much they are for... A lump sum of a lower total figure or a series of payments over the next few years.
I have to believe Manning would go back to Kansas to work on Self's staff... He sure as shit isn't getting another head coaching job in the near-term. And honestly, if I were him, I'd milk Wake Forest for every penny owed. It's Wellman that screwed us here... Never forget.
BUT NONE OF THAT MATTERS... We'll never know the exact number, nor the terms of the buyout. What we will know is that Manning has been let go and we're searching for a new coach. That's the announcement I'm waiting for. I don't expect to get it until the season is over. The "leak" of negotiations is just a nice hors d'oeuvre to hold me over until then.
I don't believe the buyout is that high... By definition, you would have to assume that the buyout is some number less than the full contracted amount.
The "negotiations" would likely be about when the payments are made and how much they are for... A lump sum of a lower total figure or a series of payments over the next few years.
I have to believe Manning would go back to Kansas to work on Self's staff... He sure as shit isn't getting another head coaching job in the near-term. And honestly, if I were him, I'd milk Wake Forest for every penny owed. It's Wellman that screwed us here... Never forget.
BUT NONE OF THAT MATTERS... We'll never know the exact number, nor the terms of the buyout. What we will know is that Manning has been let go and we're searching for a new coach. That's the announcement I'm waiting for. I don't expect to get it until the season is over. The "leak" of negotiations is just a nice hors d'oeuvre to hold me over until then.