@kjayhawks2.0 said in Hoosier Daddy:
I have a lot of respect for coach Leipold for bringing us out of the depths of hell but this purgatory ain’t a whole lot better. I honestly think he’s in over his over head at major college football. He’s Turner Gill 2.0 to me, yes he’s a better coach than Gill was but I think he belongs at Liberty or Buffalo level. P4 is just too competitive week after week for him to handle. @texas-hawk-10 I hope he doesn’t retire after this season, think it’s a bad cycle as it was last season. I hope he retires or is fired after next season. I would imagine his buyout goes down as the years continue on this contract. I can’t imagine a 7 year guy with 4 straight losing seasons and only one above .500 keeping it regardless of the buyout.
The rumor is if he retires, Kotelnicki would take over which is supposedly why he came back to KU instead of following Franklin to VT or going somewhere else.
Leipold's buyout this year would be almost $18 million after Dec. 1 and have to be paid out over the next 12 months. KU can't afford that payment right now as it would put the department about $50 million in the red for the year. 2028 would be better financially as KU would start seeing the benefits of Booth's gift that cycle.
