Good morning Cajun fans - we've been Ricky Bungled again

[CajunNation]

And then what? Who? Do you realize the size of the athletic budget at UL? This fire the coach stuff is just to make disgruntled fans happy. It's a matter of recruiting money and getting the very best players that are overlooked by the power conferences. It can be done. Troy can hang with anyone.

I don't know the size of Troy's athletic budget but I'll bet it is much larger than UL's. I'm sure someone with a knowledge will correct me or make a factual statement.

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http://ope.ed.gov/athletics/GetOneInstitutionData.aspx

Troy 14.3 mill (16.8% larger)
Louisiana 11.9 mill

[Turbine]

_ Again, apples and oranges.

Heinz 57 and A1

You only need to pay enough sauce to keep a coach motivated.

Good coaches are falling from trees (so to speak) the admin just needs to pluck the right one. For an up and comer from a smaller program, one with human resource and coaching skills, that might be less than the current staff makes.

The caveat is you MUST be willing to stay on the positive side of the sauce equation even if it requires mid season raises because as soon as it falls below, he is either gone or will not do his job to the best of his abilities.

jmo

ps One sauce is made from oranges the other from apples.

[zephyr]

_ Heinz 57 and A1

You only need to pay enough sauce to keep a coach motivated.

Good coaches are falling from trees (so to speak) the admin just needs to pluck the right one. For an up and comer from a smaller program, one with human resource and coaching skills, that might be less than the current staff makes.

The caveat is you MUST be willing to stay on the positive side of the sauce equation even if it requires mid season raises because as soon as it falls below, he is either gone or will not do his job to the best of his abilities.

jmo

ps One sauce is made from oranges the other from apples. _

That is what makes a coaching hire for us that much more tricky and important at the same time. We have to hit it head on and make the right choice or things can sour big time quickly for us. Funds are not as ample as larger programs and choosing a candidate, one that is likely an assistant somewhere else is difficult and risky when you don't know how they will manage a program. Also, I'm not sure what Ricky makes but I think its in the 225k-250k range. Having said that, we will have to pay in the upper 300's if not more to get the quality candidate that we want, up and comer or not. I figure we're going to have to spend 150k or more easily to get the type of guy we feel has the experience or take a chance on a little more of a sleeper at a lower rate.