Granted, Snyder has been good. But he has been lucky, as well, he says, to have played and coached at the NAIA level at William Jewell and Austin College, respectively. I grew up with that, and I appreciated that a great deal. There is not anyone out there that wants to win any more than I do, but I put things in perspective. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for college football as a whole.
Programs attempt to outspend their rivals on weight rooms, locker rooms, suites and other amenities.
If they can attract the right coaches and the right recruits, and they gel for the right results, the TV and gate revenue generated can provide 75 percent, or more, of the capital needed to run an athletics department. Look down and you'll see a coach who isn't performing at a level commensurate with the price of those suites. It also can get personal. Family members not only are uprooted whenever there is a coaching change, they also can be subjected to public ridicule before they move. Fortunately for Snyder, that's a distasteful side of coaching his family has avoided for the most part.