(01-08-2018 08:24 AM)HuskieJoe Wrote:  

(01-05-2018 04:57 PM)epasnoopy Wrote:  

(01-04-2018 11:16 PM)HuskieJoe Wrote:  

(01-04-2018 04:54 PM)epasnoopy Wrote:  

(01-04-2018 07:24 AM)HuskieJoe Wrote:  Going 6-6 or 5-7 next year won't be viewed as poor performance. Next year's schedule would be a challenge even for the Jordan Lynch years, and as others have said it was a desperation move to keep the athletic department from significant layoffs.

Be careful what you wish for, unless the Carey-haters are going to put their money where their mouth is and pony up some cash to higher a decent coach, we may may well get what we pay for (limited budget, low salary, bottom tier coach) and decline even further (losing seasons). Then we find ourselves wishing for the days of competing for a MAC West title and attending bowl games.

You really think a 5-7 or 6-6 season is deserving of a contract extension? Maybe if our program was at the absolute bottom like when Novak started.

21-17 in the last three years is not good and certainly not extension-worthy.

We are at an absolute bottom financially.

We pay Rod Carey nearly $700k a year. More than any coach before him. We clearly aren't that broke. We don't need to pay $1 million. Any good coach knows NIU would be a good job and if they do well can win here easily and move on to a $$$ program. Our previous two coaches did it.

Any good coach can see the writing on the wall and find a better opportunity at other mid-majors these days
- ~25% deadline in enrollment the last 10 years (and the associated loss of athletic fees / budget that goes with that)
- unprecedented moves like giving up a 6th home game to do a short-term band aid to temporarily fix in a huge deficit in the athletic budget
- Declning season ticket holders / fan attendance (and associated feed into athletic budgets)
- The state of Illinois and all of its issues
- Bending over backwards with athletic scheduling. We may only have one Saturday home game this year if they move the Utah game to Friday night and give us three weeknight home games in late October / early November

Football coaching salaries may well be the next step for when further cuts are needed to manage the continued decline in athletic budget revenue sources

Lower the base salary. Increase the performance bonus% with more tied to program revenue/profitabilty increases.