U of I blows more money on Kirk

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Bonuses: The following coaches earned bonuses on Saturday, per USA Today’s Steve Berkowitz — Kyle Whittingham, $50,000; Mike Leach, $75,000; Lincoln Riley, $50,000; Hem Edwards, $50,000; Jeremy Pruitt, $100,000; Butch Davis, $35,000; Ed Orgeron, $200,000; Luke Fickell, $80,000; Doug Martin, $10,000; Mark Stoops, $100,000; Justin Wilcox, $90,000; Kirk Ferentz, $500,000; Randy Edsall, $8,000; Ryan Day, $50,000; PJ Fleck, $100,000; Lance Leipold, $25,000.
 
Iowa: Kirk Ferentz
  • $100,000: Sixth win, eligible for non-CFP bowl game
  • Additional year of contract goes from being 50% guaranteed in case of firing without cause to 100% guaranteed (potential value of $2.325 million): Seventh win
  • $500,000: Eighth win of the season
 
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Honestly, people can complain about the amount of money that guy makes, but he has kept Iowa relevant for a long time. That is definitely worth the money in a day in age where everyone wants the new, shiny things.

These bonuses will look much more excessive once we start beating them. He’s getting terribly overpaid, but they’re okay with it as long as they win the big one.
 
This is the way fb contracts should be structured. Kirks base is very low relative to his peers. The bonus looks big because he needs to maintain a certain level of stability to get it. This structure makes it easier to fire crappy coaches without huge buyouts e.g. Taggart.

Kirk is middle of the big ten last I knew and barely top 20 in the country in total comp. Seems like a good deal.
 
This is the way fb contracts should be structured. Kirks base is very low relative to his peers. The bonus looks big because he needs to maintain a certain level of stability to get it. This structure makes it easier to fire crappy coaches without huge buyouts e.g. Taggart.

Kirk is middle of the big ten last I knew and barely top 20 in the country in total comp. Seems like a good deal.
Okay Barta.
 
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If someone offers to pay you a lot of money and even if you think you're being overpaid you still take the money.
 
..... Kirks base is very low relative to his peers....
Kirk is middle of the big ten last I knew and barely top 20 in the country in total comp. Seems like a good deal.

Well, his team is barely rated in the top twenty.
 
Have they paid their contractors yet?
I heard that they did pay Modern Piping finally but a handful of smaller contractors lost their business because of the non-payment. Modern Piping was big enough to withstand it, others weren’t so lucky..
 

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