It’s going to suck enduring another year or two with Allen at IU. At least it most likely will.
But firing him now handcuffs your ability to set the program up for long term success. 25 mill is too much for a program like IU to absorb AND then land and put together a high level upper half B10 staff.
I say you start the process now. Hire a “football GM”. Pay him a couple million a year. Seriously, look for an ex NFL coach, a retired high level college HC, whatever. Then also find the money to increase the coaching staff budget by 3-4 million. Basically give the new GM the power to force Allen to use the money. Make sure this GM is “popular” in the coaching ranks. Someone that would attract talent.
Re Allocate an extra 8-10 million a year from the B10 money to this staffing initiative.
At worst…Allen’s teams still suck the next couple years and you still have to fire him. Your efforts to boost the pay and change the approach will have been noticed in the coaching world though. You’ll increase your interested pool of candidates by a lot. It’ll dramatically increase your chances of making a good hire next time. And in the end, it’s still cheaper than firing him and gambling on some cheap low level coach that had a couple good years.
Basically, Dolson needs to work the next couple years to make IU football about bigger and better things than Tom Allen.
But firing him now handcuffs your ability to set the program up for long term success. 25 mill is too much for a program like IU to absorb AND then land and put together a high level upper half B10 staff.
I say you start the process now. Hire a “football GM”. Pay him a couple million a year. Seriously, look for an ex NFL coach, a retired high level college HC, whatever. Then also find the money to increase the coaching staff budget by 3-4 million. Basically give the new GM the power to force Allen to use the money. Make sure this GM is “popular” in the coaching ranks. Someone that would attract talent.
Re Allocate an extra 8-10 million a year from the B10 money to this staffing initiative.
At worst…Allen’s teams still suck the next couple years and you still have to fire him. Your efforts to boost the pay and change the approach will have been noticed in the coaching world though. You’ll increase your interested pool of candidates by a lot. It’ll dramatically increase your chances of making a good hire next time. And in the end, it’s still cheaper than firing him and gambling on some cheap low level coach that had a couple good years.
Basically, Dolson needs to work the next couple years to make IU football about bigger and better things than Tom Allen.