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Slip him a few beers and hand him the checkbook.
Still sounds interesting. LOL
Oh snap, I didn't realize it was based on the width of the browser.
My only request would be that the header stayed locked in portrait mode. If I'm in the middle of a really long thread on my phone, I have to scroll to the top (to get to the tracker) or to the bottom to see the recently updated threads.
Ahh, silly me I should have looked into that. I'm not a website guy by trade.
It's not that bad. I think of it as paying them to get all those girls in one place.
No Amish farm haha. I work for New Holland Agriculture.
And did they notice?
Maybe they meant "Under Armor" literally and was looking for an answer like this:
I need to! The day after I got asked the Under Armour question, I did wear an Under Armour VT sweatshirt just to see if anyone noticed it was Under Armour....
Do you ever bring things with you just to mess with their heads? You know like a Science Oven and just magically cook things in front of them in mere seconds?
The measuring stick I tried to use was reviewing the coaching salary database and making an educated guess as to what is realistically affordable for Virginia Tech. Why would I take the empty trophy case into account? It's pretty simple to do that exercise- spend loads of money on any coach you want (i.e. the Alabama, Texas, Clemson model). If you believe that's realistic for VT, add $100-200k to every number I put out there and you have it.
Personally, I don't foresee us outspending everyone so logic dictates that we have to be smart about how we allocate our limited resources (thinking Moneyball). I believe the secret to VT keeping together an overall above average staff for slightly below market value has been Beamer's loyalty. The more we stray from this, as we have with the latest coaching hires, the smarter we have to be with the salary of each assistant coach. I also don't buy the assertion that the amount of money spent on coaches directly correlates to better results on the field, selling out games, or higher donations (see Texas, Arkansas, Florida, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia). My proposed salaries would bring the total Staff Pay to $2.8 million (from $2.2 million), which is just about FSU's total staff pay from last season. Michigan spends $3 million and Oregon $3.1 million on for their staffs. I'm just curious how much you think we can realistically afford?
As for Moorehead, others addressed it below. My understanding was that he was an assistant wide receivers coach in some capacity at Stanford, but didn't technically count toward the number of coaches on staff. It is pretty unclear though.
Currently the likely answer is no, but hopefully the new AD can really help better VT Athletics across the board.
I agree wholeheartedly. I mentioned early when it was misreported that LSU was interviewing Stiney that I felt he was getting paid a salary disproportionate with his value and responsibilities. That is money out of the pockets of coaches that have higher value.
I'm glad someone (Go team shakeitallabout!) did some actual research.When you look at those numbers, you just shake your head. He's getting paid a lot of money after failing at his previous job, and as I said before, should count himself as lucky that he still has any job.
Seems to be a good TE coach, and an excellent recruiter, but let's not pretend that it isn't a minor coaching position. And from what I can see, recruiting these days is as much about excitement for the program and excited recruiters as it is about relationships with schools.
At the end of the day, the relationship with the school will be tertiary to the recruiter's ability to connect with athletes, and with his sales pitch. We've seen it go that way a lot over the past 5 years, losing out on great in-state recruits (Grant to OSU, Kirven to 'bama, Turner & Williams to UNC, Andrew Brown to UVA) that we were, from at least some accounts in the catbird seat entering their senior HS years.
I think the next AD needs to have a firm conversation with Stiney over his salary, and let him know that if he doesn't want the gravy train to end, he's going to have to accept another pay cut.
Always. Be. Closing. I'm no salesman, but there are plenty of them out there that would love a 6 figure salary, stability, and a bonus structure that isn't entirely dependent on their own hits & misses.
Hell, I bet a few of them might even be able to coach Tight Ends.
this is a good point, but would constitute a separate case altogether as it doesn't fall within the original context of ACC's claim against MD. (I could be wrong) As a counterclaim it must be within the context of the original suit.
Also I would think that BIG as a conference would file this particular suit and not MD, or at least not just MD.
I am not a lawyer, but come from a family of them. And was close to being one. But I'll take a stab at it.
ACC is claiming breach of contract by MD which means they should pay the $50 million fee. There are multiple claims within that breach. One being that MD had agreed to keep the existing ACC intact as per the agreement of all schools. Another being that MD would be adverse to any approach from the other power conferences, the BIG obviously being one. Finally, there is the tacit countersuit upon damages alone.
Argument 1, Breach: ACC is suing MD for breach of the members agreement to keep ACC intact, when in fact the ACC itself was seeking to change the ACC. You may be asking yourself: But bringing in BIG schools would have been good for MD right? Sure, but this is not the legal point. The point is that ACC sought itself to NOT keep the current ACC intact, therefore why should MD be held to that same claim?
Argument 2, Disclosure: MD, and all member universities, that signed on to the new ACC agreement also agreed that any approaches would be disclosed to the ACC. By all accounts MD kept the BIG offer quiet. Therefore MD can claim that the ACC was also in breach of this clause as it also approached universities without full disclosure.
Argument 3, Damages: Having breached both above arguments thereby showing the ACC as predatory and defunct in following its own contractual terms for it's members, and having since sued MD for $50 million breach of contract which in turn has cost legal fees, time required to stay in ACC and not transfer to BIG straight away, legal fees, damages to reputation, etc, etc (lawyers will find damages EVERYWHERE); MD counter sues for an even larger amount.
How does Louisville afford to pay its assistant coaches so much?
This sucks!!
I really hope we don't lose him this quickly. This also isn't helping with the Brady Taylor situation.
Now...I worry. Morehead is only making about 150k....we are going to lose him if we don't bump him up also.
While I haven't seen the case, Maryland is probably arguing a retaliation action is being taken by ACC representatives to reduce the financial well being of their future destination by trying to get B1G schools to depart their conference, due to the ongoing legal dispute between the ACC and Maryland. They would be trying to prove that its because Maryland is leaving the way it is is the primary reason the ACC would try to get one of these schools.
How they came up with the $157 million number, no idea
Maryland is probably hoping to tie the ACC up in court to the point that both parties eventually decide to walk away.....and the Lawyers win regardless
I work out in the middle of nowhere about 25 mins from VT. But its not like I travel in time
when I get here. LOL do you work on an Amish farm or something.
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Joe, thanks for this. I love the 'n' key especially. Suggestion: could you make capital N (or something) cycle through the new posts in the opposite direction?
With Shai and Edmunds coming off of injuries do you think that opens the door for Williams to step up and be the primary back going into the season?
Quote from this bitter article: http://blogs.roanoke.com/andybittervirginiatechfootball/2012/05/15/how-d...
"The athletic departments total expenses were $62.6 million, meaning it covered costs by $4.3 million. But that net gain is in part due to a $7.5 million subsidy, nearly all of which is through student fees (something my predecessor wrote about last year). That number accounted for 11.3 percent of Techs total revenue."
Thx Hokie guy from PA!