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What I take from this is Bud is still getting paid like a BOSS!

Good for him. He might have been the head coach if the ball bounced a bit differently over the last few yrs, but about 1MM a yr is good compensation for the best-ever DC never to run a P5 team.

He didn't have one from Miami until they hired Ron Dugans, and that's when he got the offer. Miami and VT have both loaded their coaching staffs. I feel like Florida may be harder to get recruits from but VA may be easier. I've said a million times I feel like our rivalry with Miami is about to heat up big time on the gridiron and hopefully no legal issues between players and fans off of it.

I've never heard of something like this happening in any industry, where management changes, seasoned workers stay on staff and get pay cuts.

You must be unfamiliar with Oil and Gas downturns then.

I guess that's another vote for Fuente's recruit evaluation.

Well the reason I asked is that some seem to think he made DBU. But, we have had talented secondaries prior to him. I believe he is a great coach, but I'm not sold that he is breaking new ground here.

On the other hand, as long as Foster is DC, there is no one that knows how the secondary fits his scheme better than Torrian. He played for Bud, and has now coached for Bud for several years. He knows exactly what Bud wants.

Actually, if you take the lump sum and invest it at any rate of return higher than 7%, then over the same 30 year period, you will have obscenely more money than if you took the annuity. Someone did a good breakdown a few years back.

Is his vertical anywhere near this??

(re-watched that game last night)

We don't know what was happening behind the scenes. Fuente/Foster could have laid out a plan where they told Torrian/Wiles "hey, things are going to get better here, but we need a financial sacrifice from you" and they might've jumped at the opportunity. They also could've begrudgingly agreed to it after realizing that they didn't want to job search. They could have had matters in their personal lives that handcuffed them. They may be offended, they may not care. We don't know.

I've never heard of something like this happening in any industry, where management changes, seasoned workers stay on staff and get pay cuts. I'll give Fuente & Co the benefit of the doubt, but I still think it's very unusual.

On the other side of it, if Fuente can convince coaches to buy in (not pun intended) and take pay cuts, just imagine how well he'll do on the recruiting trail when talking to 17 year olds.

Assuming Foster is still DC, I have no doubts that he could mentor a talented young coach.

Wiles doesn't appear to be upset about it so why are you? Yes he did take a pay cut to stay at the job he loves.

1. That's not necessarily true - He might have to stay in Blacksburg due to family reasons or something like that. I agree, he weighed the positive's negatives, and apparently he believes the positives outweigh the negative, but I wouldn't phrase that as "He took a pay cut to stay at the job he loves" (unless he's quoted as saying that). It could be more "I made the best decision I could under the circumstances"
2. I'd be offended if I had to take a pay cut without any change in job description. With the exception of tech start ups, or a situation where you have ownership/stake in a company, this would be difficult for me accept (especially for some place I've been for years).

Let's take a step back and consider if these salary adjustments really should change our belief in our HC and Whit

They should not change our belief in Fuente or Whit. But it is unusual to give seasoned position coaches a pay cut. From the outside looking in, this could be interpreted a plethora of ways.

Scott has no ties to Tech. He's not entrenched here the way others are, which to me makes him more likely to jump at any and all promotion offers from other schools, or even lateral moves to bigger schools. The longer Bud stays, the more likely that Scott isn't the next DC here.