The biggest fear of those opposed to the automatic extension seems to be that Albin will win 8, and only 8 wins every year. That is extremely unlikely. If he averages 8, there will be some some sixes and sevens mixed in with some nines and tens, in which case he will have some years where he isn't auto-renewed, and his remaining contract will grow shorter. If he does win 8 every year, that would mean that his average will be higher, with a mix of 8-9-10-11 win seasons. Thus, to achieve 8 wins every year, his win percentage would be competitive with Peden for the all-time best at Ohio.

Furthermore, if he does win 8 every year, and average 9 or better, the automatic extension may be irrelevant anyway, except in one way, as he may have the opportunity to move to a P5 school if he wants to. While I don't know the terms of the contract, if I were negotiating this contract, the payment for Ohio in case Albin wants to breach it would be tied to the number of years he had left on his contract, in which case, with every extension, the recovery by Ohio in the event Albin leaves would be preserved. As an example, say that the contract specifies that Albin must pay $250k for each remaining year on his contract in order to buy it out, and that he wins 8 next year, and 10 the following year, and then gets a P5 offer. The contract would be auto-extended twice, and there would still e 4 years left, so the payout would stay at $1m. Again, I don't know that this is the contract, but if I were Ohio, I would have insisted on something similar in exchange for the auto-renewal clause.

For FBS football it is. With an inflation rate of 6% compounded over 4 years is that the same as or more than 31%?

A raise is what Dusty May is getting at FAU going from $545k to over 1 million. That is hardly anything more than stepping his pay up from the move from CUSA to the AAC. Brinks truck increase is 300%+ and is what is needed to take a MAC coach off the board for a low level P5 job. WMU was about ready to do that for PJ Fleck.

Whom do you think was the QB in 2021?

And the head coach?

And the offensive coordinator?

When you figure out those three; who became the only new addition to the offensive staff, becoming passing game coordinator in 2022?

LOL @ me next time!

Never said 2-3 million, but don’t let facts get in the way of a good story!

Congrats to Tim on the extension.. By every measure, the guy who’s been a part of the program’s success longer than BA has been around deserves the contract extension and raise. Hopefully this keeps him and the staff from taking the first train out of town after another 10-win season!

I remember the old TCOM boards well. Remember Marco?

Excuse a dumb question because I was not on the old TCOM board, but signed up early in the BA days. The screen name of MARCO sounds it might have been a Marshall fan. Is that correct?

Thanks!

Yeah

You didn't read 3ball so much as you experienced it.

I was a lurker on the old TCOM boards. My thoughts on 3Ball is it was fun when he made up being on a beach with a drink in his hand at one of those pre-season basketball tournaments. Did he call himself 3Ball because he was tired of Larry Hunter's feed it to the big man strategy and wanted a three point centered offense? Ahead of his time maybe. D1 hoops has changed so much since those days.

What the heck does this mean. I saw what CF said about him making up stuff like being in locations he wasn't in, or something like that. However, I still don't have a good picture of what it was he did that was so memorable. Can you, or anyone, give me an example of one his posts. I've heard about this 3Ball guy for years now, and he's some kind of exotic mystery to me -- kind of like the secrets of the Mayan pyramids.