the future

[zephyr]

_ I have heard that coach speak before and don't think it's worth the wind it is spit into. It is what it is, “coach speak” and it serves the will of the coaches and I don’t blame them for pushing the angle. But in my view it doesn’t hurt recruiting one bit if you have the ear of the recruit.

Robert Lee was able to get Ryan McCoy to sign with him when he had only “2 months” left on his contract and that is in basketball. The argument holds even less water with football.

Before this extension Bustles contract went through June of 2011. No recruit will be afraid of a coach with 18 months left on his contract or 15 months at signing day. I understand a coach using the argument but if you buy it he has successfully recruited you with coach speak.

Let’s say no extension was made and fast forward to a year from now.... EVEN THEN Bustle would have no trouble recruiting with only 6 months or 3 months left on his contract by letting the recruit know he was about to sign a fat new contract. The proof being he wouldn't be there to recruit for some other coach the next season and if there was going to be a change it would have been made at the end of the season.

ps What's done is done and Bustle will win an extension next year which he would have done anyway. _

To say he would have no trouble recruiting a year from now with no contract extension is false. First, if he was to go 5-7 this year, he wouldn't be around this time next year so It's unlikely he'd be in someone's house claiming to be getting a "fat" contract. The extension and buyout are designed to build confidence in recruits that we are recruiting not only this year but next year. Regardless of what some think, recruits don't want to commit to an unstable situation. Are you watching the Tennessee drama unfold with all of their high commits retracting and looking for somewhere else to go? Recruits don't want to go somewhere where they are bound by their scholarship and don't know who their coach will be, what system they will be in and how the new coach views them as a player and how he will use him.

With no extension, Bustle's contract was up at the end of 2011. If he is fired, he'd be fired during the next recruiting period where kids have not signed and are likely to rethink a verbal if they know there is uncertainty in the coach's future. The extension was a good move and the buyout was an even better move to lessen the blow of the buyout which will come from private funds. I say the extension was a good move, I would have rathered gone a different direction this year all together, but if we were going to keep him another year, the extension and buyout were proper.

[Turbine]

_ To say he would have no trouble recruiting a year from now with no contract extension is false. First, if he was to go 5-7 this year, he wouldn't be around this time next year so It's unlikely he'd be in someone's house claiming to be getting a "fat" contract.

I totally agree but even "with no extension" if he were to be around at this time next year he would be in line for and could confidently expect a new contract.

The extension and buyout are designed to build confidence in recruits that we are recruiting not only this year but next year. Regardless of what some think, recruits don't want to commit to an unstable situation. Are you watching the Tennessee drama unfold with all of their high commits retracting and looking for somewhere else to go? Recruits don't want to go somewhere where they are bound by their scholarship and don't know who their coach will be, what system they will be in and how the new coach views them as a player and how he will use him.

A coaching change 4 months before signing day and another 4 weeks prior are not comparable. I cannot fathom a recruit paying attention to Bustle's contract expiring in 19 months. That was 19 months PRIOR to him getting an extension.

Right now Bustle's contract expires in 29 months June of 2012

[CajunT]

_ I wasn’t for buying him out so the availability of State funds issue didn’t come into play from my perspective.

I didn't understand the renegotiation from either side, the concession from Bustle showed a lack of self-confidence. It was unnecessary since I think he was going to earn an extension anyway. _

There is a little more to the story then that Turb. First, extending Bustle's contract allowed UL to accomplish two things. The UL-System has a cap on how much state money can be used for head football coaches salaries in the system. The head coaches salary is now set at that number, and UL will not have to go back to the board to get an increase for the next head coach, just the contract approval.

Second, the buy out negotiated is much lower then the previous number. Considering the state of economics in Louisiana, this is very important. You can expect more cuts down the road for academics and athletics.

[blueraiderfn]

So if there is a limit, how does LSU pay so much?

[blueraiderfn]

Are they in a different system?

[Boomer]

Same amount from the state and the rest from private or self generated athletic funds!!! well I am pretty sure that is the deal!!

[Parrott]

Turbine: Bustle's contract runs through January 2012 with the extension. And the new terms of his lower buyout amount (lump sum) won't go into effect until after his original contract is up after 2010. Terms of the extension aren't final yet because the board doesn't meet again until February.

igeaux.mobi

[Cajunsmike]

_ To say he would have no trouble recruiting a year from now with no contract extension is false. First, if he was to go 5-7 this year, he wouldn't be around this time next year so It's unlikely he'd be in someone's house claiming to be getting a "fat" contract. The extension and buyout are designed to build confidence in recruits that we are recruiting not only this year but next year. Regardless of what some think, recruits don't want to commit to an unstable situation. Are you watching the Tennessee drama unfold with all of their high commits retracting and looking for somewhere else to go? Recruits don't want to go somewhere where they are bound by their scholarship and don't know who their coach will be, what system they will be in and how the new coach views them as a player and how he will use him.

With no extension, Bustle's contract was up at the end of 2011. If he is fired, he'd be fired during the next recruiting period where kids have not signed and are likely to rethink a verbal if they know there is uncertainty in the coach's future. The extension was a good move and the buyout was an even better move to lessen the blow of the buyout which will come from private funds. I say the extension was a good move, I would have rathered gone a different direction this year all together, but if we were going to keep him another year, the extension and buyout were proper. _

With no extension, Coach Bustle's contract would have ended after the 2010 season. Extension brings him to 2011.

[Turbine]

It is/was my understanding that all coaches contracts were through June.

In other words they matched the school year.

I can't imagine contracts that don't match the fiscal year. Although I guess there are ways to tweek just about any contract.

igeaux.mobi

[Parrott]

Football is different. Head coach's contract runs through January.


igeaux.mobi

[Turbine]

_ Football is different. Head coach's contract runs through January.


igeaux.mobi _

Thanks

I can remember a few years back UL left the Volleyball head coaching job open 5 months before they hired Amy K. so they could start clean in June.

[Just1More]

The extension has no downside. It was appropriate following the decision not to fire. Not only does it lock in state funding and adjust Bustle's buyout, the recruiting and current player attitude is a factor beyond Bustle himself. Bustle's staff is a very important factor in recruiting and current player attitudes. The extension provides a real and imaginery positive outlook on the program. It simply was a smart thing to do. Despite my criticisms of when and where our admin does not apply common sense... this application has little room for criticism.