I get it. I’ve left jobs to double my salary too. This is the first time in a long time we didn’t have coaching transition from a firing. At some point you need to pay your people in currency. What were going to do? Pay him in love? How does he cash that out when he’s on the hot seat for a bad season?
He def left it better than what he came in too. Got to appreciate that. He was gonna be the coach at arkansas if Pittman retired like we expected but when Sam wanted 1 more year with Petrino that changed. Felt Odom was gonna stay unlv one more year to wait it out. Things change
l was a Pittman fan through the season for that reason. I know Odom would have dropped everything to go back if Pittman was fired.
He changed his picture to Purdue, too.Boiler up! So soon..........
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Ark fans never wanted Odom back. It’s a weird thing over there on sec rant and ark boards. Same with Mizzou.
I ain’t mad at you guys. Wish it could have been done after the season’s over but that’s not how it works these days.
Had we had Blanton's money, we probably could have kept him. Just saying.
AA, what is the deal with CBO cannot win the last few games of the season last year and this year? He just doesn't seems like the same Coach in the last few games?
He gave UNLV two of its greatest years. We all should say "Thank You" to CBO.
We should thank him? Did he thank unlv? No.
You’re really taking this hard. Almost seems personably like you bought into the bs.
Of course I thought Odom was different and would wait until a big time job opened, a job where he could actually compete for titles. I was wrong, big time. It happens.
Yeah, but he is loved here. Why does he acts like we ran him out? If it was not amicable relationship with Eric Harper why was he so shocked? Really? At least have the gut to say goodbye in an amicable way. Sheesh
He has some issues. I mean the first crack was the presser this week when he was crying about being fired from Mizzou 5 years ago. I mean it is championship week, why are you still talking about Mizzou? It’s not the first time either, he’s mentioned several times on various podcasts and interviews that he felt like he was wronged at Mizzou and just needed another year for NIL stuff to kick in. It drives him crazy that Drinkwitz is doing very well at Mizzou and is loved there. Same with Arkansas, nobody misses him in Fayetvillle.
You have a great point. That being said, how can you concentrate on such an important game when your crunching numbers for your next contract. That's what rubs me the wrong way. I knew that fool was out of here the moment he started crying at the presser before the Boise game. I don't know if anyone else saw that.
He was crying a lot this past week. Crying about how Mizzou fired his ass and are doing better now. Every recruiting cycle their fans dunk on Odom, “wow under Odom we couldn’t get this type of impact player!”
I do think it’ll be easier this time …. Not like me to say this …. I think we will get another good hire.
I watched the Rebel part of the presser and don’t recall that. I was doing other things while listening so could be I just missed it
It was one of the pressers, maybe not the day before in Boise presser. Anyhow, I’m ready to turn the page.
I’d imagine Harper hasn’t slept since Odom turned down his offer.
Now let me ask you, how do we compete with that?
Odom and Otz essentially did the same thing. Short term, this was temporary, the intent was to move on.
You can’t… but it sucks a little bit extra because had it been a “reasonable” offer we were in a position to match. I mean, UNLV of all places, was in a position and probably willing to go to maybe $4million(?)… which would have been almost double anyone else in the league!
I missed that it had already been posted lolHow much is Purdue paying new football coach Barry Odom?
New Purdue football coach Barry Odom will be the highest-paid employee at the school.www.indystar.com
Odom 6 year $39m....
I'll take the work that he did. Granted a lot of that will go away in terms of roster. But the magic from being on national news for months now will continue to be a factor to aid the next coach for a couple of years. The big thing that Odom accomplished though is that in the last four home games, there were so many students and new fans who popped in that will be fans for life. Our fan base was dropping in numbers there for awhile. May the next generation look fondly on our golden years and argue with pac and pack fans relentlessly.
I agree …. I honestly did not expect UNLV to scratch up that kind of dough, but they did. That it wasn’t enough is disappointing, but it was still 2M off (call it 1.3/1.4 with state taxes vs no state taxes) which is significant. Pile in the stability of guaranteed contract and school resources plus the stability because of conference affiliation, I fully understand it. Do not like the way he went out, at all … but it’s not all that unusual either. Seems like it was unusual for him given what he showed us personality wise and with how he sold things … but can’t exactly cry foul about it. What good does it do?
