Dodds promptly hired the man everyone else in the country wanted , then - 43 - year - old Clemson University coach Rick Barnes .
Dodds promptly offered him $700,000 , one of the top salaries in the nation .
Dodds promptly hired the man everyone else in the country wanted , then - 43 - year - old Clemson University coach Rick Barnes , and offered him $700,000 , one of the top salaries in the nation .