I'm kinda surprised. I hate to see a coach jump ship after a year. I get it, I just don't like it.
Drake Coach to CO State
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This is where I'm at. I like CSU to some degree and always enjoy visiting Ft. Collins but feel for Drake
What a sellout. This is a huge reach for Colorado St. Expect him to flame out in 2 or 3 years there.
Going .500 in the valley and getting destroyed by Iowa doesn't equal a promotion to a better gig.
Going .500 in the valley and getting destroyed by Iowa doesn't equal a promotion to a better gig.
Also dropped $50k to give the team a postseason victory lap (and gave tickets away for free IIRC) for their return to some measure of respectability.
Ah okay. I thought you were talking about some sort of get-together at the Knapp Center or something. My bad.
(Edit- It doesn't look like they were in the CBI this year, so I'm still lost)
(Double edit- It was the CIT.)
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Do to being broke UNI is exempt from state budget cuts, leaving it all for ISU and Iowa to take on, but they still pay an MVC basketball coach a million per year? Something feels off about that.
After a quick Google search it looks like they gave him a 2 year extension last spring (after going 14-16) bringing him back up to a full 10 years on this contract. He doesn't even have to win at a lowish mid major level to get damn near seven figures per year for seemingly as long as he wants. **** me, Ben Jacobsen has the best job in college basketball.
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Iowa destroyed someone this year? Who knew. And I like the faux outrage.
However, doesn’t it supposedly have very high academic standards and prestige to go along with being very expensive
So if you were in his shoes, you would have stayed at Drake?
Most likely going to get a 5-6 year contract and almost double his salary. He has a history at CSU, knows the recruiting and can set himself up quite well even if he doesn't cut it.
Understand why Drake is upset, but the guy is doing what's in his best interest. No different than regular folks who switch jobs.
Questionable imo. Only won the conference outright 2/12 times. 4/12 NCAA appearances. Miss postseason play altogether 3 out of the 5 last years. Even in a successful year your team having absolutely no ability to inbound the ball in a pressure situation is a bad look.