NextYearBill Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 2 minutes ago, AnkielBreakers said: Has anyone said the buyout is still 10 M? Normally, a buyout drops as you get closer to the end of an agreement. So, it probably dropped at least 2.5 M. If we had 7 M last year to pay a buyout, probably still do this year. Try to keep up. Chris May is sooooooo stupid, he gave Trav an evergreen contract Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soderball Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Fire May. Fire Ford. NextYearBill and The Valley Sucks like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheA_Bomb Posted January 31 Author Share Posted January 31 3 minutes ago, AnkielBreakers said: Has anyone said the buyout is still 10 M? Normally, a buyout drops as you get closer to the end of an agreement. So, it probably dropped at least 2.5 M. If we had 7 M last year to pay a buyout, probably still do this year. A poster of known credibility and a history of providing accurate information indicated that the buyout was more than $10mil and the contract at 10 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 10 hours ago, slufan13 said: Ford is coaching for his next job at this point. Any and every coaching decision will be to try to make him more marketable this spring No he’s headed for a broadcast job. The younger Seth Greenberg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu72 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 12 minutes ago, TheA_Bomb said: A poster of known credibility and a history of providing accurate information indicated that the buyout was more than $10mil and the contract at 10 years. If this is true we’re effed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 27 minutes ago, TheA_Bomb said: A poster of known credibility and a history of providing accurate information indicated that the buyout was more than $10mil and the contract at 10 years. I heard it was 20 million for 15 years. No One Knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnkielBreakers Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 25 minutes ago, TheA_Bomb said: A poster of known credibility and a history of providing accurate information indicated that the buyout was more than $10mil and the contract at 10 years. Right, but he said that was at the end of last year. Ford has been paid 2.5 million over the last year. It should be closer to 7.5 million. All we are talking about is the remaining money on Ford’s contract. It is not a static number. If someone else wanted to steal Ford from us, the buyout in that instance could be a static number, like 1-2 million. It is a different concept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheA_Bomb Posted February 1 Author Share Posted February 1 Just now, willie said: I heard it was 20 million for 15 years. No One Knows. Well that's simply untrue. People do know. Once again your skepticism is noted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willie Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 1 minute ago, TheA_Bomb said: Well that's simply untrue. People do know. Once again your skepticism is noted. I do know he doesn’t have a 10 year contract . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheA_Bomb Posted February 1 Author Share Posted February 1 6 minutes ago, willie said: I do know he doesn’t have a 10 year contract . What was the number then? I didn't scroll back up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetorch Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 We've caught TheOne blowing smoke before. It doesn't matter how much money or how many years he has left. We are dead last in the A10. He's fired. Someone or several people will buy out his contract, and the person who gave him that contract will pay a price for handing it out. In the same vein as I would stop supporting SLU if Ford was retained, I will stop supporting SLU if by giving out a foolishly large contract to a mediocre coach, they had to pay large sums to buy him out and went too cheap on the next coach because of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CenHudDude Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 2 hours ago, stmdragons said: I’d like to think you’re right. I still have a fear that if we somehow go on a mini run to end the season it’ll be spun in a way to kick the can down the road for another year. I hope I am wrong, but it’s hard to see us going on a run, mini or otherwise, by the end of the year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeSmetBilliken Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 4 minutes ago, thetorch said: It doesn't matter how much money or how many years he has left. We are dead last in the A10. He's fired. Someone or several people will buy out his contract, and the person who gave him that contract will pay a price for handing it out. I hope you’re right. Until it happens, I don’t have the trust in SLU that they will do it. I felt the same way in Crews’ last season, and as we all know now, he was officially fired as soon as the buzzer sounded in our last game of the season. Hopefully I just have trust issues with SLU. Soderball likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thunderdan Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 On 1/30/2024 at 11:50 AM, brianstl said: Take Tatum off the list. It wasn't going to be him as the head coach anyway, but he is staying in Australia. Only after Travis Ford finishes his "great job" here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 14 minutes ago, thunderdan said: Only after Travis Ford finishes his "great job" here. This was YEARS ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 15 minutes ago, thunderdan said: Only after Travis Ford finishes his "great job" here. In his interview the other day with Martin Kilcoyne he seemed....pretty uninterested in coaching at any level besides Pro level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crymdg2 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 4 minutes ago, wgstl said: In his interview the other day with Martin Kilcoyne he seemed....pretty uninterested in coaching at any level besides Pro level. I've been trying to find the interview online all morning. Is there a link that I'm missing or did you hear it live? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 5 minutes ago, crymdg2 said: I've been trying to find the interview online all morning. Is there a link that I'm missing or did you hear it live? https://ktrs.com/the-kilcoyne-conversation/ 2nd option below Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slu92 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Just listening to Frank on 590 now and he is going on and on about how Ford needs NIL $$$. 100% true, the new coach will too! What I want to know is who is blackmailing Frank? May or Ford or both? I’m sorry this year isn’t an excuse, NIL didn’t just sneak up on the program. Crews didn’t have NIL and Ford didn’t have to deal with it until recently. I don’t blame big donors not giving Ford money after last year, May hyped up that team as the greatest Billikens team ever, we know how that ended. IF big donors don’t agree with NIL ok, doesn’t change reality if you want to win. Maybe May should focus on raising money, finding new donors instead of asking same big guys all the time? Have the balls to say hey we need to win, this is what it’ll take and do something. He won’t, guy is biggest wiener in town. Both need to go and Frank has turned into a puppet for Travis and May, what a hill to die on defending! It’s becoming comical all the excuses. TheChosenOne likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRN Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 16 minutes ago, slu92 said: Just listening to Frank on 590 now and he is going on and on about how Ford needs NIL $$$. 100% true, the new coach will too! What I want to know is who is blackmailing Frank? May or Ford or both? I’m sorry this year isn’t an excuse, NIL didn’t just sneak up on the program. Crews didn’t have NIL and Ford didn’t have to deal with it until recently. I don’t blame big donors not giving Ford money after last year, May hyped up that team as the greatest Billikens team ever, we know how that ended. IF big donors don’t agree with NIL ok, doesn’t change reality if you want to win. Maybe May should focus on raising money, finding new donors instead of asking same big guys all the time? Have the balls to say hey we need to win, this is what it’ll take and do something. He won’t, guy is biggest wiener in town. Both need to go and Frank has turned into a puppet for Travis and May, what a hill to die on defending! It’s becoming comical all the excuses. Frank is a huge Pitino fanboy and was in love with his Kentucky teams. Ford was a part of those teams, so naturally he’s a great coach is his mind. And don’t underestimate the influence of having access to a program either. There’s always the chance you get a Majerus type coach that gives 2 sh*ts about local media and removes that access. NIL isn’t the reason this team sucks. It’s the roster constructed by the head coach and lack of any coherent system in place offensively or defensively. But, in Frank’s mind Travis needs NIL to get the next Mashburn and all will be well. Soderball likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OkieBilliken Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 FWIW - Frank's son plays for the baseball team. Transferred from Indiana State and had a so so year in 2023... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billikenfan05 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 40 minutes at the center and he couldn’t sell one immediately eligible transfer on it. That’s not an NIL issue stmdragons, TheChosenOne, 2010andBeyond and 3 others like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnbj14 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 If Frank is crying about that on the radio, you can assume Ford is too, considering how close they are. It’s just an approach of trying to save his job through excuses. TheChosenOne likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufan13 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 I actually do have some doubts on how good our NIL program really is but Frank is just propping Ford for his next job. TheChosenOne likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NextYearBill Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 how much NIL $$ do you think Marcus Smart would get? More than we could afford...... and that buys you a 1st round exit TheA_Bomb likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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