Palmetto Proving Grounds

to your point I think we could have hired better coaches when we first joined the SEC (pre Holtz and Spurrier) if the YES program had been implemented sooner. We probably could have gotten better assistants....but I believe that has changed with Hyman and Spurrier.

Of the assistants that we have lost recently, I do not see money as the main factor that would have kept them here.... Hunt (fired), Reaves (good riddance), Beamer (coach with dad), Wolford (head coach), Graham (coach at alma matter), Nix (we asked to leave), Cooper (told to leave), Rychleski (NFL bound) .....Money would not have changed any of these.

I would have a hard time believing we have similar revenue streams to Bama and LSU. Hell, the additional capacity of those stadiums generates millions more in ticket sales.

What about Clemson?

Morris makes almost twice what our entire offensive staff makes combined.

Seeing as how he didn't ask us to counter offer that really gives your argument that it was about money no weight. I'm sure he got more money but he also wanted to be at his alma mater. Paying our current assistants more would not change the product on the field(though I think raises have been earned across the board). We may need to pay our coaches more to retain them in the future and a cost/reward analysis will be performed at that time. I'm sure if SOS wants to keep someone we will pony up. Everyone saying we need to spend more money on recruiting budgets is pretty off base. Its been proven a lot of that money was payouts for "film" to services/handlers for recruiting. Spurrier alluded to it last year. We also are not gonna recruit nationally so that lowers our costs. You don't pay the players so tripling that budget isn't gonna triple returns. We do very well in that regard as we are top 15 every year in recruiting.

I agree I don't really see why anyone would be upset here he asked a legit question

We haven't had a problem getting good coaches though and money didn't draw JG away

As Bama or LSU? No. They produce more revenue than we do. We probably should be competitive with everyone not named Bama, LSU, or Florida.

That said, we need to avoid being stupid like Clemson just was with Morris.

Look at the budgets. They are not putting away millions of dollars a year They are spending the lion's share of what they are bringing in.

It just is not accurate to say that USC has the same amount of spending ability as the big boys in league.

It isn't my opinion. If you don't want to believe me that's fine. Also, I never said it was the reason he left, just that it was a factor.

And you're kidding yourself if you want a statement from Graham. You know it doesn't work like that. Would you like statements from Cooper, Nix, coach Ray and others outlining their entire agenda for a job change? How about Meyer leaving Florida? Stop by JC's thread about Bobby Bentley and see if you can get a quoted, published list of reasons why he went to or left various jobs.

Come on man.

That gives you a very incomplete picture of where the programs stand.

I agree with this statement. For what its worth, I also think that we should pay our assistants as much as possible, but I think people are singling out the Graham incident to make a point that isn't applicable in this case.

honestly this board would be better off if everyone "ignored" big al

Since we started the YES program, USC has won more games than any such time in the history of the program. NOTHING to complain about IMO