News coming out tonight they're offering $3mill yr, plus incentives, plus a climbing salary over time to keep Herman.
Houston shattering the piggy bank
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As a football fan first and foremost I say hooray, but it just seems morally irresponsible. It's just football.
That being said, we'll do it.
That being said, we'll do it.
I think we have 2 more years with Monty to find the $$$ to lure him to stay. He will still need to prove he can recruit enough talent to hang with the likes of Houston, UCF, Temple, and Cincinnati (I don't include Navy just because it takes a special person to know they're going to play football for 4 years and then likely spend some time in a combat zone.) Don't get me wrong, I absolutely think he is headed in the right direction. Here's hoping a bowl game (and bowl win) increase the recruiting quality for Monty and helps add to what he's gotten verbals for so far.
There isn't a snowball's chance in hell that we'll EVER offer 3 mil to coach here. At best, this is a stepping stone program. To believe otherwise is merely looking through blue and gold glasses. Not gonna happen
Here's a few snowballs that have melted the last few years :
There's no way Tulsa is going to hire a b-ball coach away from Missouri.
There's no way Wichita State will pay it's b-ball coach over $3 million a year.
There's no way TU will be in a football conference with 4 teams ranked in the Top 25 at one time.
We paid Graham 1.1 mil. several years ago. If we want to compete for conference championships, this snowball may have to melt, too.
Good point
It may B wise 4 the TU administration 2 @ least give Monty a raise to around 1.5 million add Xtra couple of yrs 2 his contract w/ decreasing buyout per yr of service, & perhaps add an xtra $500K for assistant coach salary pool.
I think that's a reasonable deal that helps both sides & a doable proposition.
What Hooter said. Not sure when the AAC's TV contract comes back up, but I would assume Aresco and friends are positioning themselves for a big hike in TV rights with the quality that the football and basketball leagues have already displayed.
The 3 million snowball will not melt. Missouri wanted rid of Frank Heath as much as Frank Heath wanted rid of Missouri. Wichita State is a public school. The entire alumni base of TU is much smaller than most public universities enrollment. The fact that TU is in the same conference as 4 ranked teams means nothing. The fact that TU paid TG 1.1 mil a few years ago means nothing. TU will not be able to retain coaching talent long enough to justify that sort of salary. I'm most certainly not a self-loathing TU fan. I've been a HUGE fan since September 1977.
Isn't Haith around 1.6? And we'd offered 1.4 to Manning for not really doing all that much?
If Montgomery had us at 10-0 I absolutely think we'd start climbing into the mid-2s and higher. Football drives the bus.
If Montgomery had us at 10-0 I absolutely think we'd start climbing into the mid-2s and higher. Football drives the bus.
How much money will be we be getting when one of the AAC teams make a NYE bowl this year? If our conference can consistently be the best of the "group of five" that gets granted magical access to the big money bowls, that will certainly help supplement a coach's salary.
Agree Junkie, if Montgomery wins big, TU will offer big $ to keep him. TU has fewer alumni numbers, but some bigger donors than other schools.
BTW, I have many Wichita friends & business associates. From their comments, it appears WSU being a " state school" had little to do with Marshall's 3+ mil contract. The Koch brothers had a lot to do with it.
I do think conference affiliation in football has a lot to do with the growth of a program. If TU stayed in CUSA, I would agree more with Son of Bird & other good TU fans who share his opinion.
Per Stead's comments when we joined, we are committed to competing for championships in the AAC. In my opinion, that will include paying coaches competitively with our conference mates.
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We will be competitive. If we can be competitive and pay BB money, we will. If paying BB money makes us uncompetitive, we get out the checkbook.
The marketing of TU as a university as centralized under one leadership structure for the first time ever in the last few years. Athletic success is a big part of that. We will pay the bills as long as SMU and Tulane are paying them.
The marketing of TU as a university as centralized under one leadership structure for the first time ever in the last few years. Athletic success is a big part of that. We will pay the bills as long as SMU and Tulane are paying them.
The contract runs through 2019/2020. Wish it was more like 2017. We have to keep this up for another 3 or 4 years. If we have a down year in 2019, don't think it will affect it that much, if we have maintained for the previous 4 years.
Can't remember for certain, but I was thinking I had heard from a couple of reliable sources, that Haith made more like 1.3 M?
I feel pretty certain we will go over 2 M for football, but by how much I don't know.
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