zipsbandman Posted April 13, 2006 Report Posted April 13, 2006 Just some food for thoughtOne thing I'll give Can't props for is their ability to retain an outstanding coach in Christian. Looks like they'll be paying him 250k per year plus incentives. It's a seven year deal. It seems like coaching salaries in the MAC are increasing, as they probably should. Right now, Akron has two good coaches in JD and KD, and I would love to be able to keep them if we can help it. In Can't's case, however, they seemed to throw football on the backburner, while we are trying to field championship contending teams in both sports. Maybe it frees some cash for them to give a huge amount to one coach. We are probably going to have up our salaries to our marquee coaches in order to keep up with the rest of the MAC, but can we?. Quote
TXZipFan Posted April 13, 2006 Report Posted April 13, 2006 Winning championships and going to bowl games help the money situation a bit. If they can win back-to-back MAC chapionships and win the bowl game next year expect JD to get the biggest contract in the MAC by far. I think the new AD won't give up JD without a fight. Quote
ziptrumpet87 Posted April 13, 2006 Report Posted April 13, 2006 Increased attendance with the winning also helps the $$. Quote
Zipster Posted April 13, 2006 Report Posted April 13, 2006 Are we paying jd and kd what the rest of the league is getting for the most part or are they significantly lower? My guess is lower. Is there a place to find salary info online? If we are not paying them, we need to, before someone comes knocking or we could have another Huggins or Lolla situation.... Quote
zipsbandman Posted April 14, 2006 Author Report Posted April 14, 2006 If we want to act big time and become a perrenial MAC power, we need to pay up. Facilities are not the only part of successful programs. We need to send our coaches a message. The thought of Christians contract doubling Dambrot's doesn't seem right. Dambrot can be just as valuable to us. Quote
zipboy Posted April 15, 2006 Report Posted April 15, 2006 Are we paying jd and kd what the rest of the league is getting for the most part or are they significantly lower? My guess is lower. Is there a place to find salary info online? If we are not paying them, we need to, before someone comes knocking or we could have another Huggins or Lolla situation.... Average bball salary is around 150K. Dambrot was signed to a 5 year, 110K per year deal. I hope with the contract extension he gets toward the avrerage.JDs base was $165K per year, in the upper half of the league. Hopefully he gets a bump as well to put him in the top 2-3. Quote
zipsbandman Posted April 15, 2006 Author Report Posted April 15, 2006 Maybe instead of creating another expense with adding a new sport, lets up the salaries of our coaches. There is no way Christian should be making more than JD, and there is no way his salary should more than double Dambrot's. Quote
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