Why would Purdue pay more than us?
No idea if they would or wouldn't. I bet they probably would or would come close to what JC would offer the next coach though. It doesn't really matter, he brought up Purdue which doesn't really matter because Fleck didn't go there and probably didn't even consider it.
You brought up the Big 10. You clearly don't think we measure up to the Big 10's middle class comprised of Nebraska, Iowa, Northwestern, and Indiana, so you think we belong with the garbagey Purdue, Illinois, Rutgers, and Maryland. I firmly disagree, we would fit into the Big 10 middle class easily. Mike Riley only makes $2.7 million, that isn't crap, KU could afford that for a coach if they needed to. Since you don't think we can hang.with Northwestern I'd be interested to know who you think we compare to.