I’m sure this has been posted a bunch but this is really my first time reading direct quotes from Lyons.
“I get it, his record was .500 at the time. I looked at the trajectory of the program, where it was heading. It was heading in the right direction; the culture was right. The recruiting was right,” Lyons said, explaining the background.
“His name had come up for a couple of jobs, Auburn and South Carolina. As an athletic director you say what if he wins the next year. Well, if he won the next year his buyout was like $1.5 or $2 million, which is not much in our situation.
“My thinking was we need to increase his buyout to $5 million if he ends up winning. We did that but we had to negotiate on the other side which said if he stays and you fire him, he earns 100% of his salary.”
Few things here.
1. Lyons wanted to trade 3m for 25m 😂
2. How could anybody in their right mind think not one but two SEC teams were going to hire a 500 coach from the big 12 😵💫
3. Mentions Alsop by name as a coconspirator 😬
https://www.weirtondailytimes.com/sports/2022/11/former-wvu-ad-lyons-feels-he-was-the-scapegoat /
“I get it, his record was .500 at the time. I looked at the trajectory of the program, where it was heading. It was heading in the right direction; the culture was right. The recruiting was right,” Lyons said, explaining the background.
“His name had come up for a couple of jobs, Auburn and South Carolina. As an athletic director you say what if he wins the next year. Well, if he won the next year his buyout was like $1.5 or $2 million, which is not much in our situation.
“My thinking was we need to increase his buyout to $5 million if he ends up winning. We did that but we had to negotiate on the other side which said if he stays and you fire him, he earns 100% of his salary.”
Few things here.
1. Lyons wanted to trade 3m for 25m 😂
2. How could anybody in their right mind think not one but two SEC teams were going to hire a 500 coach from the big 12 😵💫
3. Mentions Alsop by name as a coconspirator 😬
https://www.weirtondailytimes.com/sports/2022/11/former-wvu-ad-lyons-feels-he-was-the-scapegoat /
