[BostonCard]

Wondering if anyone can answer my last question at top of this page before this thread gets pushed out of sight...

I doubt Stanford would pay what the market would support for a top-10 coach.  My guess is that he could command upwards of $4 million if he went into the marketplace ($4 million is what Richt, Spurrier, and Dan Mullen (Miss State) made in the last year from the school (http://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/salaries/), and Shaw could easily make that or more in the NFL.  Stanford I am sure will stretch for Shaw, but I don't think they'll go all the way to market rate.  I do think he ought towards the top end of the Pac-12, which would imply a $3 million/year contract.

BC

[BostonCard]

Wondering if anyone can answer my last question at top of this page before this thread gets pushed out of sight...

I doubt Stanford would pay what the market would support for a top-10 coach.  My guess is that he could command upwards of $4 million if he went into the marketplace ($4 million is what Richt, Spurrier, and Dan Mullen (Miss State) made in the last year from the school (http://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/salaries/), and Shaw could easily make that or more in the NFL.  Stanford I am sure will stretch for Shaw, but I don't think they'll go all the way to market rate.  I do think he ought towards the top end of the Pac-12, which would imply a $3 million/year contract.

BC