DeBoer is getting 16.5M over 5 years. Let's say we pay sign him to 7 years total 56M - maybe starting at 7m, escalating to 9mat the end.
It costs 12M to buy him out. That brings the total to $66M, or about $9.5 per year
That's only slightly less than Rhule is apparently asking but he's likely to stay as long as we want him. We would also be able structure a high buyout if he leaves anyway, given we had to pay so much upfront. He'd be locked in.
That might be plausible