The Lions' Pride

If this is true, this doesn't even include the salary which you assume would have be at least in the ballpark of $15 million over 5 years (that is only a moderate raise). I believe that OB has the potential to be a great HC, but who pays somewhere in the range of $32 million for a guy that has only 12 games under his belt.

So the buyout starts out at $18 mill then goes down $2.3 every year after that? Am I right? If so, hard to see OB leaving for a few years. That's a big ole buyout.

And...worse case scenario, if some organization does pay the buy out, PSU is in really good shape to go spend on another really good coach.

True, PSU might WANT $20 million to go towards fines and settlements, but I think the point is would a team like Auburn or Tenn really want to dish out $20 mil buy out plus $4-6 million a year in salary to a guy with 7 or 8 lifetime wins as a HC. Probably in the ballpark of $35-45 million invested into BOB if you buy him out of PSU. That is a TON of faith in the man. Dooley is out of UT after 3 years, and he had more colege HC resume than BOB right now. Can you imagine if they would have coughed up $20 mil for buyout of him?

I would wager wven an NFL team would paused at $20 mil for a buyout. That is some real cashola!

This is what I thought I remembered reading at the time of the extension. 9 mill is "doable" but 18 mill just to do the buyout is way too much in my opinion

Let's lay the numbers out on the table:

Doing some simple math since I'm an engineer and these writers can't typically do math...
Buyout amount based on 5% annual raise:
2013 salary = 2.415 mil
2014 salary = 2.536 mil
2015 salary = 2.663 mil
2016 salary = 2.796 mil
2017 salary = 2.935 mil
2018 salary = 3.082 mil
2019 salary = 3.236 mil
Total = 19.663 mil

So the buyout this year is almost $20 million. Who's going to pay almost $20 million and then pay him a salary that is substantially higher than what he was going to make? Some school/NFL team would logically have to pony up close to $50 million when it is all said and done. Plus, potentially pay off the guy they just canned.

I think it would have to be a PSU guy, who else would take it? Would OB have taken it if he knew about the sanctions? I doubt it. He took the gig before all that happened and when the roster had enough talent to win at least 8 games. That's not the case now. Now you need a coach that is willing to coach with both arms tied behind his back in recruiting, a current roster that is depleted, and open season on his current players until the fall. No "good coach" that has other options going to take that on unless it's a PSU guy.

Forget Bradley, he's too connected with Sandusky. I honestly think PSU would have to promote Vandy to HC and LJ to DC or beg Golden.

I also agree that OB isn't going anywhere though.