I wish the best for Zack Arnett and his family.

[GhostOfJackie]

He came in at a time of great need for our University and I appreciate his services. He was a GREAT defensive coordinator and he will surely land on his feet with that under his belt. He wasn't ready to be a head coach in the SEC, but I wish him the best moving forward. We are about to see what this Selmon guy is made of.

I love you all
GOJ

 

[dawgstudent]

He did and got $10 million over 4 years of being here.

 

[GloryDawg]

He did and got $10 million over 4 years of being here.

His family will still have a great Christmas.$$$$$$$$

 

[Rupert Jenkins]

Yeah. I would be happy to swap spots

 

[thekimmer]

Absolutely. He was a fantastic DC and was willing to step up to the challenge in a very trying time. Unfortunately it just did not work out.

I can't help but think that this is a relief for him and his family also to just get this over with and move on. He will not be unemployed any longer than he wants to be as some program will eagerly snap him up and get a good defensive coordinator out of the deal.

 

[civildawg88]

Dude is going to be a great DC for LSU or USC

 

[Imadick]

I feel for Arnett. He was put in a position he did not have the experience necessary to succeed. The people that put him there should be fired also.

 

[OG Goat Holder]

I wish the best for Steve Spurrier Jr., Drew Hollingshead and Mason Miller.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

I wish the best for Steve Spurrier Jr., Drew Hollingshead and Mason Miller.

Did you feel bad for the coaches that got let go after Moorhead was fired?

 

[OG Goat Holder]

Did you feel bad for the coaches that got let go after Moorhead was fired?

Moorhead was fired. Leach wasn't.

Try again.

 

[BigDawg0074]

Dude is going to be a great DC for LSU or USC

You think LSU will go for a 3-3-5? I don’t think anyone in the SEC will but I could be wrong.

 

[MSUGUY]

He did and got $10 million over 4 years of being here.

$10,000,000? What were the terms of his head coaching contract?

 

[Maroon13]

I really appreciate him taking the job when he didn't have to. We were between a rock and a hard place. Although, he couldn't get it done, I appreciate his contributions and wish him nothing but the best going forward.

 

[OG Goat Holder]

I really appreciate him taking the job when he didn't have to. We were between a rock and a hard place. Although, he couldn't get it done, I appreciate his contributions and wish him nothing but the best going forward.

Maybe he learned a valuable lesson from this, while getting rich.

 

[CochiseCowbell]

Maybe he learned a valuable lesson from this, while getting rich.

The best way to learn a lesson.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

Moorhead was fired. Leach wasn't.

Try again.

It’s still a coaching change. What if instead of him passing away he had retired?

 

[blitz2Win]

Dude is going to be a great DC for LSU or USC

Highly doubtful

 

[Thebulldogcountry1]

I'd like to know who got in his head and manipulated him to become an emotionless zombie. Whoever is responsible for that needs to be gone, even if it is Keenum.

 

[TXDawg.sixpack]

$10,000,000? What were the terms of his head coaching contract?

$3MM/yr for 4 years with 50% guaranteed. So, $3MM this year, then $4.5MM buyout when fired for a total of $7.5MM as HC. Add to that the $$ he received as DC and we've paid him close to a total of $10MM during his time here.

 

[ChinaDogSunflower]

Thanks for stepping up Zach Arnett! Best of luck in future endeavors

 

[OG Goat Holder]

It’s still a coaching change. What if instead of him passing away he had retired?

You keep the staff intact, if you are winning. Same reason it's generally best to promote from within if your head coach leaves for a better job.

 

[Ibdancin]

He did and got $10 million over 4 years of being here.

Yep.. live life from here out and never work again if he wanted too.

 

[johnson86-1]

Dude is going to be a great DC for LSU or USC

He would crush it with the DB talent LSU could give him.

 

[MSUGUY]

$3MM/yr for 4 years with 50% guaranteed. So, $3MM this year, then $4.5MM buyout when fired for a total of $7.5MM as HC. Add to that the $$ he received as DC and we've paid him close to a total of $10MM during his time here.

Good grief

 

[kired]

I wish the best for Steve Spurrier Jr., Drew Hollingshead and Mason Miller.

Does anyone really know for sure that those guys wanted to work for Arnett? All of them came from WSU with Leach. They didn't come here to work for ZA.

 

[TXDawg.sixpack]

Good grief

About as sweet a deal as we could hope for on his HC contract. Most SEC HC's are making north of $7.5MM/yr. $4.5MM is a cheap buy-out in today's game. At least we're not facing a $76MM buy-out like TAMU.

I believe Arnett also has an obligation to mitigate - meaning that he has to try to find another job and the buy-out will be reduced by whatever salary he makes in his new role. So if LSU or USC hires him as DC and pays him $1.5MM/yr, the buy-out goes to zero.

 

[thatsbaseball]

Does anyone really know for sure that those guys wanted to work for Arnett? All of them came from WSU with Leach. They didn't come here to work for ZA.

I would bet they didn't want to work for him because they knew him well enough to know he would fail at this job and they didn't want to be associated with this inevitable disaster.

 

[TaleofTwoDogs]

Yep.. live life from here out and never work again if he wanted too.

Sounds great but it's probably not that rosy after taxes, cost of living and a 40+ live expectancy. Just saying.

 

[mstateglfr]

Sounds great but it's probably not that rosy after taxes, cost of living and a 40+ live expectancy. Just saying.

Yeah, I bet he is living paycheck to paycheck.***

 

[gcdawg]

Dude is going to be a great DC for LSU or USC

I believe it will be USC

 

[Ibdancin]

Sounds great but it's probably not that rosy after taxes, cost of living and a 40+ live expectancy. Just saying.

Oh it's more than doable. He could take 500K place it into a dividend ETF or Stock and net $150K annually starting in year 5. In 7 years, he could pull his 500K off the table and make 117K per year off of what was reinvested.