I would have signed Bud to a shorter, incentive-laced contract with a school friendly buy-out, since he was already established here. And we wouldn't have had to worry about him going anywhere.

Plus, I'm more merit based than some others I think. He rated the shot. Yes, I know he wasn't the prototypical head coaching candidate, but he's an ass-kicker, and he's our home grown ass-kicker. I was willing to take a flyer on him.