Mike Locksley acknowledged that he lost the locker room during the 2024 season due to complications over player compensation. Under his leadership, Maryland faced a challenging season, culminating in a 4-8 record and significant losses in the Big Ten. The coach expressed that the changing financial landscape in college football contributed to divisions within the team. Locksley described this season as a learning experience about managing player dynamics, emphasizing the importance of unity in the locker room despite financial disparities.
"I own the fact that I lost my locker room. And this is Coach Locks, the locker room king, telling you this landscape, I had to choose between paying young players who were coming in or reward the older players that have been through the fire, three bowl wins, and I tried to do both with limited resources, and that's what you get, a locker room with the haves and have nots."
"You go outside my locker room [now] and I have a sign that says: 'Leave your Louis belts, leave your financial statements and your car keys outside of this locker room, because in here we're all going to pay the same price for success or failure.'"
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