https://twitter.com/brett_mcmurphy/status/1587795158682173440?s=21
Gosh, hard to see any difference in these two guys. I wonder why Jimbo has a longer leash.
Probably nothing to do with a National Title or $85M buyout.
He didn't win that national championship at A&M, he was in the process of already ruining one program. He went 5-6 at Florida State the season he was hired to take over at A&M. You think they would have given Sumlin that job if he was in the process of missing a bowl game and finishing 6th in the ACC Atlantic division, at Florida State?
Jimbo was given the extension that called for his ridiculous buyout after his third season, he was 17-8 in conference, definitely good, but he didn't even win a division, does that merit a $100 million buyout? Sumlin was also given a generous buyout on his extension but it was nowhere close to $100 million.
I don't think that A&M were explicit in giving Jimbo more money and a longer rope "because he's white." I do think they were wreckless with hiring him and with his extension, in a way that they wouldn't have with Sumlin.