Desormeaux: Integrity Defined

[Turbine]

Jay thanks for your thoughts, but I have to disagree with you on Mike's tweet. Personally, I don't think the message was to Billy, but to his own players & fans. And I think it was an excellent message sent at the right time to stop the bleeding. I don't doubt for a minute that the player in this case is the one to blame. I have little doubt that the player contacted one of the previous coaches about transferring & the coach trying to be helpful may have let him believe in his own mind that he could improve his standing at Florida.

I will state categorically right now that this player will never be a big contributor to the University of Florida. My belief is that by this time next year the player will be transferring to an FCS school regretting his own personal decision. And Mike had to stop this nonsense. That doesn't mean Billy's at fault. It doesn't mean one of the assistant's is at fault. it means this young man should have been more grateful & wasn't. And now the real world is going to rise up & kick his ass & give him the wake up call of his life. To make any more out of this than what it is, is nothing but speculation & pulling rabbits out of thin air by anyone. I completely agree with Mike, but don't blame Billy a lick. Because I doubt very seriously that either one of them personally did anything wrong.

More is accomplished by bolstering the troops (his own players & fans) than by engaging in fruitless barbs with a former boss and current peer.

I agree with you Desormeaux Nailed the inspirational tweet.

[Bandwagon King]

There’s no way Louisiana can compete with almost any SEC school, and certainly not Florida for salary. If I’m an assistant coach at Louisiana and Napier asks me to be a position coach, I’m gone. Better salary and better chance to move further up in my career.

But they can make it a hell of a lot harder for assistants to say no. Anyone can justify anything they want. But to compete you have to have top staffs. You allow your staff money to stagnate & you are killing your program.

[covcaj]

Correct a higher salary coaching pool may have kept some of this from happening. Billy also lied, so their is that.

Correct me I'm wrong, but I believe that position coaches at schools like Florida make almost as much as our HC. There's no way we can compete. If a big name school like Florida comes calling, nine out of ten position coaches at a school like Louisiana are gone.

[CrazyCajun]

Correct me I'm wrong, but I believe that position coaches at schools like Florida make almost as much as our HC. There's no way we can compete. If a big name school like Florida comes calling, nine out of ten position coaches at a school like Louisiana are gone.

Positions coaches do not, coordinators...not position coaches

[JMV JustMyView]

Correct me I'm wrong, but I believe that position coaches at schools like Florida make almost as much as our HC. There's no way we can compete. If a big name school like Florida comes calling, nine out of ten position coaches at a school like Louisiana are gone.

That would be wrong.

[Clutch0364]

Positions coaches do not, coordinators...not position coaches

That’s incorrect. Not all position coaches but some do in fact make what our HC makes.

[covcaj]

Positions coaches do not, coordinators...not position coaches

According to USA TODAY Sports' annual review of coaches compensation, SEC assistants at public schools are pocketing almost $605,000 on average this year in terms of total compensation.

[CrazyCajun]

According to USA TODAY Sports' annual review of coaches compensation, SEC assistants at public schools are pocketing almost $605,000 on average this year in terms of total compensation.

https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/se...tant-salaries/

[CrazyCajun]

That’s incorrect. Not all position coaches but some do in fact make what our HC makes.

Highest paid position coach in the country makes $23k less than our head coach

[Clutch0364]

https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/se...tant-salaries/

Alabama has 3 non coordinators that make 700k and above. Georgia has 1. Florida will have a couple based on a few things I’ve read.

That was just in a quick search but if I look at A&M, Texas, Ohio state, etc, I will find more.

[Clutch0364]

Highest paid position coach in the country makes $23k less than our head coach

Doug Marrone for Bama makes 755k. Charles Kelly for Bama makes 825k.

[CrazyCajun]

Alabama has 3 non coordinators that make 700k and above. Georgia has 1. Florida will have a couple based on a few things I’ve read.

That was just in a quick search but if I look at A&M, Texas, Ohio state, etc, I will find more.

And probably are associate/assistant head coaches...which is why they have that title