He might do that as a big FU to UNLV but it’s probably not a great career move. If he can somehow get a P5 OC job now he should take it. If he sits on his ass doing nothing for 2 years he’ll probably come back as a special assistant or a QB coach at some low level place like NMSU and make $150k a year while trying to work his way up.
I believe he has to “try” to get another job. Not sure what that all entails, but that is a part of it.
Then you’d be out your buyout money. Must make good faith efforts to get reasonable employment. I can guarantee you he’s already been contacted about OC positions.
Chad Morris got a huge buyout from Arkansas and then just spent a year coaching Allen High School in Texas for a year to be able to collect it all. After getting paid then jumped back into a college coach gig.
Herman vs Patterson, who's the better fit? I'll take either one.
That would be the absolute worst hire ever.
Exactly. That would be a very UNLV sort of thing to do, but that doesn't seem like something you'd buy out of a contract for.
Well … that he was spotted having dinner locally with some boosters probably gave him that idea … many people saw it. Of course, maybe it’s a huge leap between that and being next coach, but with people chomping at the bit for info … those are dots that can be connected. Shouldn’t have been said with certainty … but can see where he was coming from.
He will live in infamy along with Dave McCann. Bad reporting. Very bad.
So is Derek Mason having steak dinners with Harper and boosters? Hopefully not!
If that's how he gets "scoop" then he's no better than a message board poster. He's supposed to be a professional.
Who the hell want a Coach who want to walks away? Dont say Meyer, not a fair comparison..Mendenhall could have a P5 job if he wants it, but although I know nothing Im not sure that he does? I read this article about him a few weeks ago. It makes it sound like he doesnt like the BS that comes with coaching, so being at UNLV the pressure definitely is lowered, or at least different. I know he has had his name tossed around for the Stanford job too. Stanford is a lot like byu, where recruiting is different. Stanford's pool is much smaller than most schools you can cross a lot of names off of the list and then go after those that you can get into school from those that remain. At byu, you are the dream school for a large number of LDS kids so those are easy to recruit, so less BS than other schools. If he truly just wants to mold kids like he says in the article then UNLV fits into that but so do a bunch of others that arent P5 schools.
'With distance comes clarity': Bronco Mendenhall's time away from football, and what comes next
Last December, Bronco Mendenhall shocked much of the college football world by walking away from coaching. He said he needed time to regroup, recalibrate and refocus on his life away from the game. But he might just be ready to return to the game.www.espn.com
I don’t know how he got it. I’m just saying that was a known … I’m sure he followed up with boosters, which I learned a long time ago, can be hit and miss, them not highlighting the wishful thinking aspect of it. It could have lit the fuse and then he follows up and the info is off. It certainly happens.
