[SamuelMcF]

If they win only 5-7 total in three years then give all the equipment to a deserving high school, stop spending money and turn over the stadium grounds to the Army because by then the draft will be back.

OR, find a competent head football coaching candidate and try to hire him.

You've got $9M a year apparently, but let's really call it 7 because apparently 2 were "deferred salary and bonus" or something.

Pay $4.5M for a promising/competent candidate.

Give him the other $2.5M to allocate elsewhere: 
- We need to attract good assistants with higher salaries. Add 400K for the OC and DC, and another 800K for the other 8 assistants (1.6M total)
- Allocate another 500K for a few analysts (Saban has an army of 10 in a given year)
- Allocate 300K to raise pay across the board to attract and keep good S&C assistants and athletic trainers
- Allocate the last 100K to hire another recruiting assistant, specializing in grad transfers (mine the transfer portal for academically-qualified candidates, know each grad program's deadlines, get applications to those interested, and facilitate discussions between grad program admissions and football). Just 1-2 grad transfers a year at positions of need can make a big difference.

I obviously have no idea how much we pay ours, but for reference on top assistants:
- Brent Venables was making $2.5M as Clemson DC, which, to be fair, was absolutely ridiculous and $400K more than the next-highest coordinator (ALSO at Clemson).
- Derek Mason was making $1.5M as Auburn DC, making him the 10th-highest-paid coordinator.
- Pete Kwiatkowski was making $900K-$1M as UW DC, and will be making $1.7M at Texas.
- Oklahoma ILB coach Brian Odom was making $435K.
- Former Stanford-turned-ND RB coach Lance Taylor was making ~$500K. He has since left to become the OC at Louisville. Congrats!

Of course literally none of this will happen, but it was fun to do the exercise!

[SamuelMcF]

If they win only 5-7 total in three years then give all the equipment to a deserving high school, stop spending money and turn over the stadium grounds to the Army because by then the draft will be back.

OR, find a competent head football coaching candidate and try to hire him.

You've got $9M a year apparently, but let's really call it 7 because apparently 2 were "deferred salary and bonus" or something.

Pay $4.5M for a promising/competent candidate.

Give him the other $2.5M to allocate elsewhere: 
- We need to attract good assistants with higher salaries. Add 400K for the OC and DC, and another 800K for the other 8 assistants (1.6M total)
- Allocate another 500K for a few analysts (Saban has an army of 10 in a given year)
- Allocate 300K to raise pay across the board to attract and keep good S&C assistants and athletic trainers
- Allocate the last 100K to hire another recruiting assistant, specializing in grad transfers (mine the transfer portal for academically-qualified candidates, know each grad program's deadlines, get applications to those interested, and facilitate discussions between grad program admissions and football). Just 1-2 grad transfers a year at positions of need can make a big difference.

I obviously have no idea how much we pay ours, but for reference on top assistants:
- Brent Venables was making $2.5M as Clemson DC, which, to be fair, was absolutely ridiculous and $400K more than the next-highest coordinator (ALSO at Clemson).
- Derek Mason was making $1.5M as Auburn DC, making him the 10th-highest-paid coordinator.
- Pete Kwiatkowski was making $900K-$1M as UW DC, and will be making $1.7M at Texas.
- Oklahoma ILB coach Brian Odom was making $435K.
- Former Stanford-turned-ND RB coach Lance Taylor was making ~$500K. He has since left to become the OC at Louisville. Congrats!

Of course literally none of this will happen, but it was fun to do the exercise!