Now that we know that FSU will seriously try to hire Taggart we should be doing due diligence as well.
I think the easiest way out of this whole mess is merely to tell Taggart that we will easily beat any bona fide(in writing) salary contract offer by FSU.
Trying to replace Taggart at this juncture would be disastrous as we would lose almost our entire recruiting class. I am sure Taggart would take all of his Assistant Coaches with him as well. Oregon Football would be set back for a generation if he were to leave.
At this stage the money issue is certainly a big factor in Jimbo's plan to leave FSU for Texas A&M and very well may be the difference maker for Taggart.
We have poured hundred's of millions of dollars into facilities and by comparison any salary contract extension would be chump change( hundred's of millions for facilities vs millions of dollars for Coaches).
I have always maintained that Coaches salaries are more important in the long run for a University to become and maintain elite status.
What good does it do to have arguably the best football facilities in the nation if we cannot maintain an elite Coaching staff to run the program.
I think the easiest way out of this whole mess is merely to tell Taggart that we will easily beat any bona fide(in writing) salary contract offer by FSU.
Trying to replace Taggart at this juncture would be disastrous as we would lose almost our entire recruiting class. I am sure Taggart would take all of his Assistant Coaches with him as well. Oregon Football would be set back for a generation if he were to leave.
At this stage the money issue is certainly a big factor in Jimbo's plan to leave FSU for Texas A&M and very well may be the difference maker for Taggart.
We have poured hundred's of millions of dollars into facilities and by comparison any salary contract extension would be chump change( hundred's of millions for facilities vs millions of dollars for Coaches).
I have always maintained that Coaches salaries are more important in the long run for a University to become and maintain elite status.
What good does it do to have arguably the best football facilities in the nation if we cannot maintain an elite Coaching staff to run the program.
