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Originally Posted by WhawhaWhat
As usual, Missouri is committed to average.
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When the doners won't pay up, you don't have that option.
Alienating the Lauries so you can hire a guy that is unquestionably an asshole and will leave the program the moment he gets traction is a really
really bad idea. And that's presuming he'd come cheap enough that you can get him hired without Laurie/Walton money anyway.
What do you do in 4 years when he's left for USC and the Lauries have sworn off giving MU any more money for athletics? Where are you going to come up with the 3-5 million it takes to secure/retain a good coach?
In a vacuum, I think Petrino's an interesting idea. But we aren't in a vacuum. The consequence of hiring Petrino would be so dire that it makes absolutely no sense whatsoever to bring him in.