Grant Carter wrote:dr rc wrote:So you would be ok with 5-7 of he was only making $800k or something like that?
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a 5-7 after 4 straight bowls with an $800k HC is a hell of a lot more acceptable than one who is making $2million per.
Would I think it was a good thing? No. But it wouldn't be nearly as ridiculous to extend him under those circumstances b/c the money for the staff would obviously be much less and would make it much harder to improve after years and years of futility.
Since that is not the case it is simply not acceptable in any shape or form. He got the entrance requirements eased up, he has money for a staff, he makes more than several BCS coaches, and only Tuberville (who has many more skins on the wall) at Cincy makes more out of the non BCS coaches.
For $2 million a year he is a total bust.
So what is the dollar cutoff to make 5-7 acceptable for you? I do not consider it acceptable period, but sounds like you are more forgiving.
If you are paying your HC under $1 million and he is a consistent big winner (9-10 games) you aren't going to be able to keep the guy very long being that cheap.
A dip to a 5-7 record following 4 bowl seasons under a coach making less than $1 million shouldn't necessarily lead to calls for his head b/c your program is clearly not investing enough to consistently maintain a high level of winning to begin with.
If you are paying that little for your HC and you expect him to stay around you usually are going to get a Rocky Long type coach with ups and downs. If you are extremely lucky you could land a Jeff Bower or Pat Hill. Unfortunately for those two coaches they spoiled their fan bases and created unrealistic expectations for the amount of money their schools were willing to invest and got forced out over it.
Again, June is not stuck at a school that makes no investments in the program. He has the money to have a better staff than many other schools. He is getting paid like he is at BCS school. He is coming nowhere near producing the results needed to justify how much he makes.
