Pretty funny, Ducks got like the last guy they could try to sell to their fanbase thanks to Mario leaving late in the process. He may not have meant it, but he basically walked out the door with a Fuck the Ducks sign on his back because they were losing recruits daily and that's why they couldn't wait for Chip to come on board. That buyout provision til January was put in his contract for precisely this reason, no college coach is going to get hired in January with the way the calendar works these days.
Good point about the buy out WildBill.
this basically means that oregon didn't want kelly bad enough.
buying him out for 9M can be made back with one playoff appearance in terms of revenue from the game, merch, tv money, etc.
Miami florida, who never spends money opened the bag fast to buy out diaz and mario as if they had a blank check.
kelly should have taken the deal with oregon as riley is going to rip every 5 star from the so cal area while he is left with crumbs instead of heading to oregon and keeping all the talent in the nw.