Gare Bear is gambling on schools will look at his record at OSU as being the product of it being a shitty program instead of him being a shitty coach. A good coach would waive the money because they're confident they'll get another HC gig, a bad coach would keep the money. See Helfrich for example.
I heard Mark Helfrich needs work. And you wouldn't even have to pay him. He's already pulling in 10 million for being a complete abject failure.
I would not want Les Miles if I were a Beaver fan. Easy to recruit to LSU but can he recruit to Corvallis? And he was never known for his in game coaching. Anderson was a great choice if he wanted to stay over the long haul. But he quit on WI and he quit on the Beaves.