is it a coincidence you are blind to the games Jurich was playing? Should have been called nepotism U with all of his and Petrino family on the payroll.
True or not, I'm not sure how that's relevant to this discussion. These outstanding and long tenured coaches never gave a 2nd thought to leaving while Jurich was here. And money was never an issue either. More of those coincidences...
Also notice that every replacement coach that "Vince" hires is making less money than his predecessor. He's not plucking great coaches in other really good jobs, and he's reducing his overall cost structure. That's the very thing you'd expect from a "numbers guy" who was hired by managers that wanted to "de-emphasize athletics".
He offered Jeff Brohm $5 million. He more than tripled Satterfield’s salary. He is paying Mack $4 million and Mack is doing a hell of a job. He’s paying these replacements what they are worth. I would think over-paying for a coach is a bad thing. Right?
I’ve now heard you argue that we are variously paying too much, too little and market rate for coaches.
I'd have to look at each case individually to say whether I agreed or not. But you're picking all football coaches and mostly before U of L was recruiting into a P5 conference. U of L's long been behind the 8-ball recruiting anyone into their football program. Of course, that should be changing.
Let me know what you don't understand, and I'll try to explain a little better...
Thanks for the Brohm example as well. He's overpaying what they're worth, but they're mostly worth less than their predecessors. A double whammy...
Satterfield and Mack would have made those salaries at other P5 schools. Both were coveted coaches that would have been picked up by another P5 program in the following years had we not been the school to do it. They would make that money either way. Also, you think Bobby was paid appropriately after what happened to the program? His predecessor didn’t exactly kill it with contracts either.
Woulda, shoulda, coulda...
Jurich was a great AD. Not infallible.
Which misses an important point... Why are we recruiting coaches worth less than their predecessors?
And all of that obvious in hindsight. Where was this wisdom and opinion in 2016? I don't recall it from you, other posters, Jurich nor his U of L superiors...
"Vince" inherited a helluva lot better athletic program than Jurich did. And "horrible" was not the condition of either program. That's over-exaggerating to set a low bar for the new guy...
And where was the coincidence in those situations? Did they occur in the span of a year under a new AD?
How many of the people that you talk to "around the country" provide financial support to U of L? Any? I talk to plenty of people who do (provide that support or used to), and NONE of them mention anything about scandal or Pitino or Ramsey. They talk a lot about "Vince" and money and lack of attendance and further risk of losing good coaches.
He did inherit a very good athletic program, but the 2 revenue producing sports were a complete mess. At the end of the day we are talking about basketball and football because without them you don't have the resources to support the other programs.
