I do think it bruises Frank's ego that Travis Ford makes more than him. I do think he ultimately would like to be paid a guaranteed salary that pays him commensurately with top 3-4 in this league and I would agree that he serves it. 1.8 to 2 million seems fair.
At the end of the day, I really don't believe money is the driver this time around.
Floating his name out there for a dogshit school like South Carolin is about getting back at somebody. Let's call it what it is. To me, this is about a serious, deep seated personal conflict and his feeling that he has been wronged and disrespected. Frank is an emotionally driven individual. We see this crap on the sidelines every week. You don't just turn that off like a light switch. It is who he is. Like a lot of things with Frank, he takes things extremely personally. Whether it's rational or not, he's got a serious vendetta against his boss and the compliance department and it played out very publicly in the past week and it is only going to to fester if something doesn't change drastically.
Ultimately, will he cut off his nose to spite his face? I don't know.
When people close to the situation I know are saying the stuff they are saying right now, there's reason for concern.