arkstfan
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RE: D1 AD Argues For A Cap On Coaching Salaries
There is a simple fix.
Quit being a dumb*** when you hire.
Most coaches hired to multi-million dollar deals in the Power 5 would accept significantly less if that were the offer.
Arkansas hired Chad Morris at $3.5 million, Pittman came in for less. AState hired Harsin and Anderson for less than what they paid Malzahn.
Most schools think if you fire a $3 million coach you need a $4 million coach this time even though the hiring pool is going to look very similar.
Mizzou paid $4 million to hire Eli Drinkwitz. I like Eli, he's great guy loved visiting with him at AState but he went 12-1 with a squad that went 11-2 under Scott Satterfield and still has the bulk of production coming back next year. Without ever having recruited a full class as head Drink gets a $3.2 million raise.
You can easily out-pay any G5 and most any G5 can easily out-pay an FCS but don't freaking spend millions because you can or because your fans are wondering why you paid $3 million when your rival is paying $6 million. There are tons of good coaches out there who will gladly take a nice raise and bonus laden contract that rewards success.
Most contract bonus provisions are so small in proportion to the salary that they appear to be after thoughts thrown in for the sake of the fans. Hey look he gets $100k for making the playoff, that's some nice juice, yeah to you and me, guy making $120,000 every two weeks? He's less likely to notice.
Anyone who thinks Gus Malzahn would have said no thanks when Auburn called him at AState if they had offered to double his salary instead of offering to triple it is badly mistaken.
(This post was last modified: 12-16-2019 11:02 PM by arkstfan.)
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12-16-2019 10:57 PM |
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