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rumored $150 million deal to coach amateur sports is really something to behold
I love this idea that Riley is totally unaware of what it may be like to live in LA and is gonna get there and be totally surprised
rumored $150 million deal to coach amateur sports is really something to behold
Maybe Riley just prefers wildfires to tornados
Not saying anything that isn't obvious, but LSU waiting to make a hire means their candidate is likely still coaching for a conference championship. Could be Fickell... But there are a number of other coaches involved in championship games this weekend:
Fickell
Cristobal
Whittingham
Gundy
Aranda (no extension signed yet)
Holgersen
Or maybe it's somebody from the NFL?
rumored $150 million deal to coach amateur sports is really something to behold
Riley doesn't strike me as an entertainment and culture guy. And I doubt he moved there for that. He just wimped out, plain and simple. His statement said he wanted a new challenge or something like that. I guess the SEC wasn't a new challenge for him.
I realize some people like those things LA has to offer in spite of the ridiculous tax rates and cost of living, and that a dude living large is not going to feel the pinch much either way. But when he tries to buy the same kind of house he had in Norman in LA and finds that he is paying 5-10 times the price for a "view" with half the real estate, I have a feeling he's going to utter an f-bomb.
Riley is probably already worth something like $15MM+ and now he's getting a guaranteed $100mm+. I doubt he's too worried about being able to afford a house in LA.
In fairness, you can get both. Don't wildfires, on occasion, create tornados? Best of both worlds IMO.
LO fucking L. This is the sourest grapes bullshit i have ever heard. The man can buy a house in Malibu with cash, and you think he's going to longingly look back on his days in bumfuck oklahoma wistfully because "$15 million per year only goes so far in SoCal?"
What do earthquakes have to do to get some respect around here?
It will certainly be interesting to see how he does there. USC is kind of like Notre Dame, tons of tradition, but maybe the upside isn't as high as it used to be?
I heard Herbstreit on the radio this morning and he said he didn't think Riley was the type to try to get OU players like Caleb Williams to follow him to USC.......
That’s very dumb if accurate. Of course he will do everything he can to get every top player and recruit to USC on day one. You don’t fuck around with worrying about hurt feelings when you’re making $10MM+ in one of the most cutthroat professions on the planet.
He literally just finished building his house in Norman. Something comparable in LA or Malibu would set him back more than a year's salary, perhaps two years, and pretty sure he will not get a lot of nibbles on his freshly built house in OK. I doubt it sells at market rate, assuming some rabid fan doesn't torch it the minute he leaves. My aunt sells real estate in the LA area-- really upscale places that sell for millions and don't have a lot of square footage-- so I'm not completely oblivious.
Just saying that he may be in for a surprise, but as I've already indicated, I wouldn't turn down the kind of money they put on the table, even in California, and especially with my stock sinking.