I might disgree with Sabrehorn on Mack Brown, but Sabrehorn hit the nail on the head. Not many are attacking the Strong or Smart hires, but the contracts they received are ludicrous. Strong is making as much as Mack Brown before he has won anything. Smart has a guaranteed 6 years for more than Barnes ever made before he has won anything. I think Smart will do well, but no one knows. How do you give ANY new coach a guaranteed 6 years for more than the last guy made? Aggy did this was Fran, and look how that worked at for them. Ended up in a lot of debt.
Due to football and basketball not winning big, ticket sales are down. Patterson is offsetting the massive salaries by raising the ticket prices and charging for parking. The Strong and Smart hires may very well prove to be wise hires, but paying new coaches that kind of money and giving any new basketball coach a guaranteed 6 years leading to higher ticket prices off of seasons that did not meet expectations is not wise.
(On a side note on our fans: I do not understand some of our fans that are okay with Strong's $5 million a year and Smart's $3 million a year before they have won anything, but are mad that 2 time national champion, coming off a 3rd place finish in the CWS and just won the Big 12 Tournament Augie Garrido makes $1 million a year.)
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