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The real party playing hard ball is Ca.l.  They gave D.ykes a small extension with a minimal buyout.  Don't even know if it includes a raise of any kind.  They are daring him to go find another job, and aren't raising their offer to keep him.  Usually coaches get raises by going after other jobs.  Ca.l isn't budging.  Never thought I'd see such a bold stance from Ca.l.  We're talking about an institution that paid the legal fees of the party that sued them over the CMS renovation!

In many ways, good for Cal.  It looks like they will be able to keep Dykes without shelling out an outrageous amount for him.  He pushed for a couple jobs hard, but was passed over, because, quite simply, he hasn't demonstrated enough at Cal to get anyone excited.  The trajectory is good, and he did better than I expected this year, but he hasn't put together a "wow" season.

The risk with this approach is that in the next couple years, Dykes will have a great season and be a hot commodity, at which point Cal lowballing him (really, I would say they fairballed him, but in his mind he was given a lowball offer) is a reason to jump.  But that would have been a risk even with a generous offer.  And since there is about an equal risk that Cal tanks in the next few years, Cal did a good job avoiding being saddled with a ginormous buyout.

BC

[BostonCard]

The real party playing hard ball is Ca.l.  They gave D.ykes a small extension with a minimal buyout.  Don't even know if it includes a raise of any kind.  They are daring him to go find another job, and aren't raising their offer to keep him.  Usually coaches get raises by going after other jobs.  Ca.l isn't budging.  Never thought I'd see such a bold stance from Ca.l.  We're talking about an institution that paid the legal fees of the party that sued them over the CMS renovation!

In many ways, good for Cal.  It looks like they will be able to keep Dykes without shelling out an outrageous amount for him.  He pushed for a couple jobs hard, but was passed over, because, quite simply, he hasn't demonstrated enough at Cal to get anyone excited.  The trajectory is good, and he did better than I expected this year, but he hasn't put together a "wow" season.

The risk with this approach is that in the next couple years, Dykes will have a great season and be a hot commodity, at which point Cal lowballing him (really, I would say they fairballed him, but in his mind he was given a lowball offer) is a reason to jump.  But that would have been a risk even with a generous offer.  And since there is about an equal risk that Cal tanks in the next few years, Cal did a good job avoiding being saddled with a ginormous buyout.

BC