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re: ESPN: How much money is wasted on fired coaches? It just means more in the SEC.
Posted on 11/5/21 at 12:49 pm to red sox fan 13
Posted on 11/5/21 at 12:49 pm to red sox fan 13
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I know you have to do what you have to do to win and It Just Means More, but these salaries and buyouts are ridiculous.
If you're going to run a high pressure league and fire coaches with winning records, then it's going to take a King's ransom to attract men to these jobs. Schools and fans essentially have no loyalty to coaches. It's not like the Shug Jordan days when you can have a cold streak and keep your job. High Pressure + High Demand = High Salaries.
You'll never again see a Gerry DiNardo situation, with a coach taking a job in the SEC on the cheap because it's his dream (even going so far in DiNardo's case to buying out his own contract from Vanderbilt).
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Posted on 11/5/21 at 1:05 pm to DesScorp
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If you're going to run a high pressure league and fire coaches with winning records, then it's going to take a King's ransom to attract men to these jobs
True, and as ridiculous as it may appear on the surface, the ROI for an elite coach is insane.
I'm guessing Saban has earned short of $100-million at Alabama, and the University has probably completed around $1-billion in campus improvements during that time.
Of course this isn't the case everywhere, but the ancillary money that a successful SEC coach brings into the program as a whole still far exceeds what they're paid.
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