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re: Alabama to offer Greg Marshall $3 large per year...
Posted on 3/24/15 at 9:32 pm to Patton
Posted on 3/24/15 at 9:32 pm to Patton
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Who gives a shite how much we pay a coach? It's not like that money is coming out of your or any fans pocket.
It matters because if he pulls an Anthony Grant and can't cut it in a power conference job, we are stuck with him. He would demand an insane buyout that we would never pay. Winning in a power conference is 90% recruiting talent. We have no idea if Marshall can sit in a living room and convince a 5 star guard from Atlanta to come to Alabama instead of UNC.
Giving Marshall 5 million would be like Kentucky paying Chris Peterson 8 million back when he was at Boise.
He's worth 3-3.5.
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Posted on 3/24/15 at 9:33 pm to AU4real35
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Bama will not throw out over 3 mill for a coach.
It has already been confirmed by multiple sources that they are....
Posted on 3/24/15 at 9:33 pm to Patton
just a hunch 
Posted on 3/24/15 at 9:33 pm to Patton
Because of the financial status of the athletic program, Bama can afford to be in the top five paid of all collegiate coaches. The benefits, just not the pay, make it a very attractive position. The new coach will be given a Saban type contract. That means the new coach will have complete control of the basketball program. Not many college coaches have that control.
Posted on 3/24/15 at 9:34 pm to Monticello
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Giving Marshall 5 million would be like Kentucky paying Chris Peterson 8 million back when he was at Boise.
He's worth 3-3.5.
You well could be correct, but he won't come for that. We are going to have to gamble a little and over pay a little to get him.
Worth the small gamble imo.
Posted on 3/24/15 at 9:34 pm to Monticello
Meh the guy is way more proven than Grant was.
Posted on 3/24/15 at 9:35 pm to Robin Masters
I agree with what you said about paying more to offset the risk of not going to a powerhouse. That said, there aren't any powerhouse vacancies. Marshall just isn't that $5M coach and to be honest I don't think that coach is out there this off season
Posted on 3/24/15 at 9:36 pm to Monticello
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It matters because if he pulls an Anthony Grant and can't cut it in a power conference job, we are stuck with him. He would demand an insane buyout that we would never pay. Winning in a power conference is 90% recruiting talent. We have no idea if Marshall can sit in a living room and convince a 5 star guard from Atlanta to come to Alabama instead of UNC.
Giving Marshall 5 million would be like Kentucky paying Chris Peterson 8 million back when he was at Boise.
He's worth 3-3.5.
And why would a guy who's proven he can do it at a top program be leaving to come to Alabama again? If they can do it, they are successful and if they are successful they aren't leaving. If they aren't leaving we can't hire them.
Posted on 3/24/15 at 9:36 pm to Monticello
He is worth whatever we pay him. Again who cares how much we pay him. I understand your hiestation. I really do. But if we have a opportunity to get a coach like Marshall we pay him whatever it takes. If he fails, he fails. Our bball team struggles and we suck it up till he's gone and try again. I don't see why you or any other fan cares how much money we give him.
Posted on 3/24/15 at 9:37 pm to TheJones
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Marshall just isn't that $5M coach and to be honest I don't think that coach is out there this off season
I mean he is a top 10 coach in America. If Bama has to spend a bit extra to hire him then I am all for it.
Posted on 3/24/15 at 9:38 pm to RTR America
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Posted on 3/24/15 at 9:39 pm to RTR America
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Marshall just isn't that $5M coach and to be honest I don't think that coach is out there this off season
I mean he is a top 10 coach in America. If Bama has to spend a bit extra to hire him then I am all for it.
My feeling exactly. We will have to over pay because we are not UNC or Indiana, but worth it in the long run.
Posted on 3/24/15 at 9:46 pm to phaz
I think he may be worth that much at the success level he's sustaining at Whichita State, but I don't know that it translates to Alabama. And you'll be paying most of his salary toward rebuilding years. And this is a guy that hasn't done it in a major conference and hasn't recruited too terribly well despite his success. I don't know that those small, gritty, overlooked in Kansas players can stack up week after week in the SEC.
This post was edited on 3/24/15 at 9:47 pm
Posted on 3/24/15 at 9:46 pm to pvilleguru
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Recent history? So... we're narrowing it down to just Hobbs and Gottfried? You're claiming that Gottfried has been successful since we fired him. Hobbs took a year off and then was an assistant at UK for 7 years, 5 of those years as Assistant Head Coach. Then was a scout for the bobcats and was that Japanese head coach for a short time.
No, I included Wimp (UALR), Hobbs(?), Gottfried (NCS) and Grant(?). I did not include Newton, because I am not sure why he left for Vandy. My point is neither AL or AU has been used to improve Coaches careers.
Posted on 3/24/15 at 9:48 pm to TheJones
I seriously love the idea in here that Greg Marshall couldn't translate to the SEC 
Posted on 3/24/15 at 9:49 pm to RTR America
Thad Matta salary: 3.1 mil
You offer him 5-6 million first, then Sean Miller, then you try Marshall at 3.5.
You offer him 5-6 million first, then Sean Miller, then you try Marshall at 3.5.
Posted on 3/24/15 at 9:52 pm to Monticello
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You offer him 5-6 million first, then Sean Miller, then you try Marshall at 3.5.
Those 2 are at schools that would match.
Posted on 3/24/15 at 9:52 pm to RTR America
Didn't say it can't. I just think at $5m/5yrs based on what he built at Wichita state is a huge gamble. If you're wrong then you've sank a decade into promising but unproven coaches from small conferences
This post was edited on 3/24/15 at 9:53 pm
Posted on 3/24/15 at 9:52 pm to TheJones
Not that it really matters, but Marshall (WSU) was runner up to Alabama on Dazon Ingram, so he has recruited this state. No shame in losing a kid to the home state school, when it require a good bit of travel to attend your University.
This post was edited on 3/24/15 at 9:54 pm
Posted on 3/24/15 at 9:53 pm to RTR America
If we plan to move up the ladder we got to have the leadership to take us there. If we have to pay a top 10 coach a premium to come to UA do it. If are happy at the NIT fine. But a lot of poeple aren't .
If you can get him,do it. You could be no worse off than you were this year.
Many poeple want in that poker game at the top of the stairs, but few have the money and the balls to climb them to get in.
If you can get him,do it. You could be no worse off than you were this year.
Many poeple want in that poker game at the top of the stairs, but few have the money and the balls to climb them to get in.
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