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Originally Posted by jacobkdoyle
A couple things
-I think they have to disclose salaries at a public university. So we should be able to find out somewhere.
-Loyola made around $7M for making it to the Final 4. Just another reason why making a tournament run is important...I think. Mick says it doesn't matter to him. So either he's not concerned about the issue, or umm?
-If we got rid of one of our assistant coaches, why would it cost $300K? If we got someone from a lower level conference (Marshall asst for ex), they'd no doubt be getting a pay raise and would be working at a more prestigious school. We have a bigger budget than those schools.
-If things really are that tight, then I would rather have a cheaper head coach and make sure we get top flight assistants. Here are some coaches making less than Mick:
Ed Cooley (Providence)
Kevin Keatts (NC St)
Roy Williams (UNC)
Jim Boeheim (Syracuse)
Bobby Hurley (Az St)
Steve Prohm (Iowa St)
Mark Few (Gonzaga)
Brad Brownell (Clemson)
Mike Hoplins (Washington)
Danny Manning (Wake Forest)
Richard Pitino (Minnesota)
Penny Hardaway (Memphis)
Eric Musselman (Nevada)
Josh Pastner (Georgia Tech)
Travis Steele (Xavier)
Jim Larranaga (Miami FL)
Chris Beard (Texas Tech)
Greg McDermott (Creighton)
Chris Collins (Northwestern)
Along with almost 300 other D1 head coaches
I'd straight up take some/most of these guys over Mick. And if you're telling me they are cheaper too? Yes please. If we are so strapped, then instead of paying $2.2M for a head coach, I'd rather pay $1.9M, which is still more than almost everyone listed. And we'd be able to afford better assistant coaches (we don't need to replace all 3)? That's a no brainer.
Sounds to me like we could have a better coaching staff several different ways.
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TBH I'm only taking Beard, Few, and Williams over Mick on that list.