butchna
Sit down and tell me all about it...way over there
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You’re thinking jury trial? It’s going to be an arbitrator or judge. They’ll follow the law. Lot of legalese language. I doubt he’d agree to dropping a cent. This is all fun fan speculation. University had already moved on imo.Case would be tried in Knoxville. I’d suspect Jones would agree to a sizable reduction in lieu of risk losing it all.
A key word mentioned several times in this is "reasonable." Now, define reasonable. I promise you, any judge/jury will have a very liberal definition of reasonable.
Arkansas recently stopped paying their ex-head man Bilelema after learning he was being underpaid $50,000 for coaching D-line at New England:
Decision to stop Bret Bielema buyout payments could save Arkansas millions
Moreover, Saban recently admitted Butch has turned down other coaching jobs to stay at Alabama as an Intern/Anaylst/All-around cigar-smoking POS (for $35,000) in a recent interview.
Time for UT Admin to step up & stop this madness! Time to stop paying Butch is now, as he is obviously not actively pursuing other jobs!!!
Reputational risk, for one. You don't think coaches pay attention to these things? Good luck on the next hire.
Basically by sitting out these years, he is admitting that he isn't a top tier FBS coach. He hasn't looked for a job because the best he could do is probably fall back to a Cincinnati tier team and he knows it. We took a big chance on him and he bombed out and will not get another at this level.