*** COACHING SEARCH THREAD: Sunday, June 7 ***
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This board would lose their mind if either of the surprise candidates were hired. In a good way.
Are these surprise candidates high-major guys or guys like Moton? Or guys somewhere in between like a Few or a Eustachy?
4 coaches in the entire country (at non private schools) make $4 million a year.
Only 9 make over $3 million.
That means that those two really are huge fish.....
Only 9 make over $3 million.
That means that those two really are huge fish.....
A guy like Moton is cheap.
I wouldn't mind getting a promising mid-major and spending a lot on the staff. So many good options out there, hopefully it just is not too late in the year.
The money cap rumor seemed like a smokescreen to me all along. Pollard is too smart to handcuff our bball program to save money for something like a possible buyout for a struggling football coach. No reason to drag the thriving program down with the struggling one.
Pollard has had a lot of time to think about this possibility- years not just months. If the rumors that we're going after some big fish are true, then I don't buy for a second that we're looking to keep this hire under $3M, regardless of the candidate.
My hope is that Pollard has had so much time to think about it that he has a top target or two that he feels really good about, and he's ready to knock it out of the park with his sales pitch.
Pollard has had a lot of time to think about this possibility- years not just months. If the rumors that we're going after some big fish are true, then I don't buy for a second that we're looking to keep this hire under $3M, regardless of the candidate.
My hope is that Pollard has had so much time to think about it that he has a top target or two that he feels really good about, and he's ready to knock it out of the park with his sales pitch.
Likely a guy making decent money now, and demand a compensating wage to move to ISU. If we could be as lucky as OU when they landed Kruger even JSB could forget about Fred.
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For those of us who don't have this info but want to speculate:
Mike Krzyzewski, Duke — $9.7 million
Rick Pitino, Louisville — $5.8 million
John Calipari, Kentucky — $5.5 million
Bill Self, Kansas — $5.0 million
Tom Izzo, Michigan State — $3.9 million
Steve Alford, UCLA — $3.5 million
Thad Matta, Ohio State — $3.3 million
Josh Pastner, Memphis — $2.7 million
Sean Miller, Arizona — $2.6 million
John Beilein, Michigan — $2.5 million
Jay Wright, Villanova — $2.5 million
Travis Ford, Oklahoma State — $2.5 million
Jamie Dixon, Pittsburgh — $2.4 million
Bo Ryan, Wisconsin — $2.4 million
Tony Bennett, Virginia — $2.3 million
Lon Kruger, Oklahoma — $2.2 million
Scott Drew, Baylor — $2.1 million
Mark Gottfried, North Carolina State — $2.0 million
From a Business Insider story from last December - source
Looking at guys just based on salary alone, and I will say that probably all of these are impossible and ridiculous:
Jay Wright
Mick Cronin
Greg Marshall
Mike Anderson
Mark Gottfried
Dana Altman
Larry Krystkowiak
Mark Few
Josh Pastner
The most likely out of those to me would be Anderson and Wright.
Both would be a big step up in conference and better than their returning team.
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Unfortunately, you are correct...these are the two surprise candidates.
Dolphins aren't fish!
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