so our smart AD paid Snyds more (by 250K, lol) to send a "message" that "hey, at kansas state, we'll pay you". why wouldn't he just tell whomever you want to hire next, "hey, we'll pay you 3.5M". Like, to me, telling someone directly that you'll pay them 3.5M is better than paying Snyder 250K to send that message to them. but that's just me.
fyi, I don't think currie gave snyds a pay raise to send any kind of message. and let me say that if he did, then it would only further prove how awful he is at coach management.
3M prolly gets you skip holtz.