G spot. I like that

IF our HC gets great results and if he replaces CKK with a equal or close to the name recognition of CDM then he is gone. Maybe with just the hiring of CDM if he wins bigly!

This is why being located in Las Vegas is a huge advantage for UNLV over any G5 team:

Mullen was recommended to his new school by Las Vegas Bowl executive director John Saccenti because of the strong relationship between the two, according to sources.

reagan21 said:

New friends came to the table during negotiations as Mullen's team had very specific requests and needed assurances.

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Definitely. you dont sign a coach like Dan Mullen without new friends to bring the cash in a G5 spot. Thats the truth

1Tripoda said:

I say $5 for 5

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$1/year? That's a bargain

Depending on who Mullen hires, we will see a 4* flip this April.

1Tripoda said:

The UF fans doesn’t think he likes recruiting

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K. $ is the newest and most important recruiting tool. You think BYU secured the #1 2025 player in basketball because they hired a guy who has never coached in college before? It's the pyramid-scam booster money coming in strong.

1Tripoda said:

The UF fans doesn’t think he likes recruiting

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Doesn't matter NIL money and revenue sharing does the recruiting now.

Rebel1986 said:

No doubt casino money is starting to come in to UNLV football, and that is an advantage no other college teams has

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New friends came to the table during negotiations as Mullen's team had very specific requests and needed assurances.

Rebel1986 said:

That alone just dumped the rest of the MWC/Pac in the dust of UNLV football when it comes to recruiting!

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The UF fans doesn’t think he likes recruiting

RebelSoldat said:

Dan Mullen takes UNLV job: Former Florida, Mississippi State coach enticed by NIL commitment

The former Florida and Mississippi State coach has been out of coaching for the last three seasons

www.cbssports.com

"The two sides were in active discussions late Wednesday night, with the deal being finalized Thursday morning, sources familiar with the situation said. UNLV was able to entice Mullen with an increased name, image and likeness budget in addition to revenue-sharing payments for players starting next season.

UNLV is a member of the Mountain West and is not legally obligated to participate in the upcoming revenue-sharing model that will be enforced within the four power conferences beginning as early as July 1, but the Group of Five school is prepared to pay players via a smaller revenue sharing model, a source briefed on the discussions.. In addition, the NIL payments outside the revenue-sharing model is expected to more than double to a total of several million dollars."

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That alone just dumped the rest of the MWC/Pac in the dust of UNLV football when it comes to recruiting!

rebeltob said:

I’ll go 3.8-4.2 million increasing over 5 years

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I say $5 for 5

2.7 and increasing. Buyout would be low and the pool of money for assistants would be close to a couple mill.

No doubt casino money is starting to come in to UNLV football, and that is an advantage no other college teams has

Boston Rebel 2 said:

Harper is the man...he seems relatively humble in comparison to other AD's after the Odom success. Many would be walking around campus roping cattle with their hog after that. He seemed more focused on keeping him than pounding his chest. Now he has two reasons to do it.

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He has truly done a tremendous job! Hope that he gets rewarded for all of his hard work and foresight.

UNLV was an impossible job to have before 2020. Not sure if "coaching graveyard" is the right term more than it's just a function of having nothing desirable to offer recruits (world-class stadium, complex) and as a result were stuck hiring from a pool of candidates that had no better coaching options themselves. I mean, many have gone on to be head coaches again (Sanford, Hauck, Sanchez) after UNLV just to do what they did again before here (Hauck, FCS) or go to other programs and still achieve limited success (Sanford-Indiana St, Sanchez-New Mex St). This is more telling of their head coaching ability than anything UNLV ever did to them. UNLV didn't put them in a graveyard. Their talent and ability charted their course. If Odom was hired a decade ago, he likely fails. He knows this. That's why his caliber never applied prior. Odom is no dummy. He knew the program (post 2020) was an easy sell (relative to the MWC) and that if he can just beat who he's supposed to, he will be exalted back up to the P4 and get paid. He entered here thanking his lucky stars that Arroyo screwed it up and didn't claim the easy glory. There are dozens out there that could have achieved what Odom did here when you think about it.

RebelSoldat said:

This CBS article makes it sound like the NIL pool will increase by quite a bit

Dan Mullen takes UNLV job: Former Florida, Mississippi State coach enticed by NIL commitment

The former Florida and Mississippi State coach has been out of coaching for the last three seasons

www.cbssports.com

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more than doubling.

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rickyb55 said:

That’s a huge buyout

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I love that part!

Rebel_Luv said:

Question is how much NIL money is out there? i dont think we will be in the 25 ,but TOP 40-50 i can live with. Talent evaluation is the key.

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This CBS article makes it sound like the NIL pool will increase by quite a bit

I wonder how much for his assistants ?? I wonder who is bringing. IMO i think every recruit outside the P4 will want to come here and a HUGE handful of recruits inside.

Masked_rebel said:

3.5 million, 250k bonus for conference championship, 250k for CFP.. increase over 5 yrs, 15 million buyout

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That’s a huge buyout

reagan21 said:

He recently hired an NIL agent. It might not be his "choice."

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If he wants to come back and it became an issue, he can also fire said agent if necessary too!