Coaches Presser 10/12

[OrediggerPoke]

Sims has to feel he wasted his time rehabbing to come back from injury. I wonder - if Sims got 27 carries in a game, how many yards does he get? I’m guessing it is more than 92.

But rather than give a single QB that many carries, why not at least break it up between QBs?

 

[East Tennessee Cowboy]

Taylor doesn't want to ride with anyone other than his handpicked guy? Shocking.

was he handpicked or was he legit just the only option to come here?

 

[OrediggerPoke]

Taylor doesn't want to ride with anyone other than his handpicked guy? Shocking.

Speculating - But also if you spend $800,000 for a guy but the world could find out that the better option was a guy that cost $20,000…you might be better off not letting the world find that out.

 

[ZapPoke]

Where did the $800k figure come from? The only place I have been able to find it is on this forum

 

[cowpoke pride]

was he handpicked or was he legit just the only option to come here?

The W&M connection is pretty strong. Does Taylor back him so strongly, possibly to the detriment of the team, if he didn't have a hand in bringing him here?

 

[OrediggerPoke]

Where did the $800k figure come from? The only place I have been able to find it is on this forum

Same.

Sawvel stated last year to the media he needed $1 million to go buy a QB to bring in. So it sounds very believable to me.

 

[Vapoke]

Same.

Sawvel stated last year to the media he needed $1 million to go buy a QB to bring in. So it sounds very believable to me.

I don't think UW had much over $1M for NIL so my guess he was around $250K but really here nor there because I doubt Sims or Drube are getting any NIL

 

[LanderPoke]

This coaching staff is corrupt, as well as, incompetent

 

[TheRealUW]

I don't think UW had much over $1M for NIL so my guess he was around $250K but really here nor there because I doubt Sims or Drube are getting any NIL

I think I saw UW’s total football NIL was estimated to be about $2 million this year.

Most websites that project individual player’s NIL value put Hughes NIL value between $150-300k. If we truly paid $800k, then we probably overpaid significantly for him.

 

[OrediggerPoke]

I don't think UW had much over $1M for NIL so my guess he was around $250K but really here nor there because I doubt Sims or Drube are getting any NIL

Where are you getting that from?

According to this article - Wyoming is apparently attempting to budget $5 million to football NIL.

Morning Download: Wyoming sets $8M NIL budget to be a championship-level MW department

On weekday mornings, Nevada Sports Net will recap three big headlines of the day in its Morning Download. Read below for today's topics.

nevadasportsnet.com

 

[East Tennessee Cowboy]

I think I saw UW’s total football NIL was estimated to be about $2 million this year.

Most websites that project individual player’s NIL value put Hughes NIL value between $150-300k. If we truly paid $800k, then we probably overpaid significantly for him.

probably?

 

[LawPoke]

I think I saw UW’s total football NIL was estimated to be about $2 million this year.

Most websites that project individual player’s NIL value put Hughes NIL value between $150-300k. If we truly paid $800k, then we probably overpaid significantly for him.

I think the $800k is a confused number - and maybe I even stated it on this forum. Here is what I have learned. UW is paying Hughes somewhere in the $100-$300k realm. After he signed with us, CSU came forward with an offer of $800k - but he had already inked his deal with UW for the season. My guess is that he is getting $250k. Which is way too much - but a heck of a lot better than $800k.

 

[doreno5]

I think the $800k is a confused number - and maybe I even stated it on this forum. Here is what I have learned. UW is paying Hughes somewhere in the $100-$300k realm. After he signed with us, CSU came forward with an offer of $800k - but he had already inked his deal with UW for the season. My guess is that he is getting $250k. Which is way too much - but a heck of a lot better than $800k. I do not know the if players are signing contracts

There had to be a contract in place for him not to accept CSU's offer. Loyalty will only get you a lot but I doubt it would be worth $500k to $700k to second or third tier QB in the portal. I would love to see the actual contract that is being used by teams.

 

[OrediggerPoke]

I think I saw UW’s total football NIL was estimated to be about $2 million this year.

Most websites that project individual player’s NIL value put Hughes NIL value between $150-300k. If we truly paid $800k, then we probably overpaid significantly for him.

Your information appears correct!

I tracked down the UW BOT public session report from March 2026. On page 74, the report states that they are currently (as of March 2026) paying $2 million for football in NIL but intend to raise the figure to $4-$5 million.

https://www.uwyo.edu/trustees/_files/docs/2026-board-meetings/03-2026/agenda-and-reports/public-session-report-march-25-27-2026.pdf

 

[OrediggerPoke]

I think the $800k is a confused number - and maybe I even stated it on this forum. Here is what I have learned. UW is paying Hughes somewhere in the $100-$300k realm. After he signed with us, CSU came forward with an offer of $800k - but he had already inked his deal with UW for the season. My guess is that he is getting $250k. Which is way too much - but a heck of a lot better than $800k.

That might be a signed deal that I would have advised him to breach if these facts are correct.

Presumably, Wyoming's deal would have had a liquidated damages provision for breach (i.e. if you breach the contract, you pay this amount of money...basically the same thing as a coach buying out of their agreement). Liquidated damages provisions typically are not going to be upheld if they exceed the value of the contract. So if he signed a $250,000 deal with Wyoming and if CSU offered him $800,000...

He might have been wise to breach the Wyoming deal and pay Wyoming a max of $250,000 and he still makes more by getting $550,000 net at CSU.

Accordingly, those numbers seem really suspect to me. It would be crazy not to take the $800K deal even if he already signed with Wyoming.

 

[OrediggerPoke]

There had to be a contract in place for him not to accept CSU's offer. Loyalty will only get you a lot but I doubt it would be worth $500k to $700k to second or third tier QB in the portal. I would love to see the actual contract that is being used by teams.

Even a contract in place would not explain rejecting an offer for more than 3 times the amount. Accordingly, I am very suspicious of these reports that Wyoming is paying between $100-$300K and CSU subsequently offered $800K. Every person is taking the CSU deal at that point.

 

[East Tennessee Cowboy]

That might be a signed deal that I would have advised him to breach if these facts are correct.

Presumably, Wyoming's deal would have had a liquidated damages provision for breach (i.e. if you breach the contract, you pay this amount of money...basically the same thing as a coach buying out of their agreement). Liquidated damages provisions typically are not going to be upheld if they exceed the value of the contract. So if he signed a $250,000 deal with Wyoming and if CSU offered him $800,000...

He might have been wise to breach the Wyoming deal and pay Wyoming a max of $250,000 and he still makes more by getting $550,000 net at CSU.

Accordingly, those numbers seem really suspect to me. It would be crazy not to take the $800K deal even if he already signed with Wyoming.

maybe him and taylor really are in bed together then. because if that's true then he would be dumb to not take their offer (why the hell are either program offering 1/10th of their NIL budget to a QB like him anyways?