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I know Coach Hud got a huge bump in pay this year, and I assume he will get some of the incentives that he has in place. So question I have is, if Coach Hud takes us to the 8-4 mark again and we go bowling and we win, does his contract get renegotiated?
Or do we sit on our hands this time and decide after 2013 season?
Thoughts?
Let's see: Here are the thought processes.
Hud: "Well I won 9 games again this year, and we weren't sneaking up on anybody. We are much better and the future looks bright."
Farmer: "Hud is a winner, we will keep getting better if we keep him; we should give him a modest raise for him and his assistants, and push hard for the facilities improvements he wants."
Savoie: "Wow! 9 wins again. Financially, they are doing well over there. Maybe I can cut another million from athletics."
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Originally Posted by VObserver
In the end it comes down to the persons paradigm.
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Originally Posted by VObserver
I think if Hud wants to come back to the table we sit on our current contract and explain to him our stance: "You accepted our initial contract and did great in your first year so we rewarded you with a new contract. You did great in your second year, as we anticipated/expected, and is why you got a raise in the first place. Keep up the good work and if success continues so will your pay. We can't up the ante every year that we have a good season as this negates the point of having a contract in the first place."
Does he deserve more money? Probably so. Should we give him more after this year? I'm not so sure. What kind of precedent does this set? Do we set ourselves up for the rest of our athletic coaches to come every prosperous year for more money? Doesn't this take away from a signed contract that both parties agreed to? I think in a perfect world he deserves quite a bit more money than he is getting currently but have profits from the football program gone up by that much? I am actually curious to see what those numbers would look like.
Good thing there is....
The TYLA clause...
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Originally Posted by RaginDave
I think the incentives inserted into the new contract will be a significant bump in pay. Attendance was one. Another bowl game was another.
thanks, I officially have a target for my dart board
I type this, hoping for no backlash. I loved the authemont pic., in his tour, he definitely eliminated the growth of the program.
yes, a contract is a contract. we tendered a huge bump last season. yes, worth every penny. this year though, he gets all the incentives earned, same as ricky williams did.
Big A, you are the man.. Happy Holidays to you and the Misses..Quote:
Originally Posted by RaginCajun77
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I sure hope he doesn't get more money this year for attendance. It decreased!!Quote:
Originally Posted by BeauCajun
If they agreed on a certain avg., and he reached it, he will get his money and he shouldQuote:
Originally Posted by duggie85
Its not his job to put people in the seats----Wait wrong guy!!! 2 rain games and the LSU-Ole Miss/hunting/early T-giving/whatever game-----missed kicks AAHHHHhh clicks!!! lol
He will get a bump of $10,000-$15,000 for a certain average attendance that I cannot recall but I'm pretty sure we've averaged it even though you are correct in that our attendance actually shrunk quite a bit this year. Personally, I feel the bump we gave him last year should be sufficient as he is the second highest paid coach in our conference. He has certainly breathed new life into our program and I know, for the most part, the fans have loved having him here but I'd say we need to win that championship first before we start throwing more money at himQuote:
Originally Posted by duggie85
I think we stand pat with the current contract terms. He's gone from $180K to $360K to $760K in two years. Not too shappy!
Some reference material:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports...abase/1715543/
For those worried about teams such as Southern Miss taking Hud away from us, I will refer back to my many previous post on the subject. We all know that Hud is a southern coach and an SEC man. His coaching ways are the same as the top SEC teams, control the clock with the running game and physically dominate the opponent. I had an inside source the last two years, a co-workers nephew who was on the team, and he told us what Hud told the team. Basically, Hud will only leave UL for his dream job, which we all know is a head coaching position in the SEC.
If he reached the agreed average, good for him.Quote:
Originally Posted by crazycajun
If he reached it, shame on the university for lowering the bar. Crowds have sucked this year.
Are u calling me out cuz?Quote:
Originally Posted by duggie85
What do you want the man to do about the weather? Or Tuesday night game? 2 home games sandwiched around thanksgiving? Last year everything worked out perfectQuote:
Originally Posted by duggie85
I don't want the man to do anything. I don't blame him one bit.
I want the university/rcaf to not pay the man extra for averaging 20,000 fans. Weather, Tuesday games, whatever, it's a step back.
You live out of state. You get a passQuote:
Originally Posted by ragin2112cajun
We are averaging 23,300 with bad weather for 2 games, and a Tuesday game.... With a game to go. When have we ever even been close to that before HUD stepped on campus?
I don't think anybody is questioning what Hud has done for our program so I'm not sure where you are going with your point. However, to play devil's advocate for a moment, last week's game was the best weather we've had for any game on a beautiful day and LSU playing earlier in the day and we don't hit 20,000. Also, when you compare to last year when we averaged nearly capacity crowds, there is a big dropoff to this year. That is all that was being translated.Quote:
Originally Posted by crazycajun
For the population of Lafayette parish and number of students who attend university 22k is lil low! Not complaining; compared to what it's been only a few short years ago.
To answer your question, never been that close.Quote:
Originally Posted by crazycajun
Hudspeths OWN goal was to avg 35,000. According to your numbers, we're at 23,000. You can do math.
Answer this: if he's significantly short of his own goal, you think he deserves a bonus??