Having been involved in employee compensation for most of my work life, I been in these type of situations numerous times. I can't think of any time where a valuable employee was given a counter offer more than once.
I don't fault Bowen for choosing a different place to work while tripling his salary (although in moving to LA he isn't really tripling his "spendable" income.) Good for him. And while I'm sure he did a good job, he isn't irreplaceable (I'm more worried about losing Mickens) by any means.
He isn't a player development person. He's like a headhunter who keeps track of, talks to, and "recruits" new employees. USC and Michigan went after him because he is experienced forerunner in what he does and it is easier to grab one of these folks from a competitor than it is to get a new one. I'm sure Freeman will find another guy who will do just a good a job.
Replies to: "Generally speaking, it is not a good idea to match an offer. It is a very bad idea to do it twice"
- Notre Dame's Marcus Freeman Suddenly Faces His Most Consequential Decision [NT]
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- UHND - 2:13pm 1/25/25
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- Bowden is not that big a deal, but with Golden we’ll see how much he’s developed - LanceManion - 8:21pm 1/25/25
- Interest we had a chance to match Bowen salary and passed [NT]
- ndphysics - 5:12pm 1/25/25
- Someone special coming. No match is a tell. [NT] - hipND - 6:50pm 1/25/25
- Generally speaking, it is not a good idea to match an offer. It is a very bad idea to do it twice - D2 - 6:44pm 1/25/25
- Good write up - Leahy - 2:29pm 1/25/25
- I'd imagine - hipND - 7:02pm 1/25/25
- Maybe, but the dynamics of NIL and the portal are very different than the NFL - Frankie V - 9:42pm 1/25/25
- I'd imagine - hipND - 7:02pm 1/25/25