Condensing this whole debate down to it's simplest points, ones on which everyone seems to agree:
1. Albin thought that, based on winning ten last year, and making a competitive team despite huge losses to the portal, he deserved a raise.
2. Some people disagreed. They believed that he did not deserve a raise, at least not before winning the MACC.
3. Charlotte was willing to offer Albin a job and a raise even before winning the MACC, so he accepted the offer.
4. Albin's new salary, while a raise, was not a huge raise over his prior pay, and is less than his predecessor at Charlotte was being paid, and is in the bottom half of the AAC
5. Cromer did finally make him an offer, one that was greater than the offer he accepted from Charlotte, but the offer was made too late, after he had already accepted the job at Charlotte
It doesn't matter if you are in the camp that didn't think he deserved a raise, or in the camp that thinks he did. It doesn't matter if you think Albin was unreasonable in what he wanted to be paid, or you think he just wanted some kind of a raise in recognition of his achievements. Either way, it's done, and it's time to move on. Let's hope that Ohio acts decisively and wisely in choosing his replacement, and that Albin is successful in Charlotte.
“We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.” ― Epictetus