GMac Contract
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Re: DMac Contract
I was under the impression that GMac's extension was actually a item negotiated into the original contract that had to do with losing scholarships due to the previous coach's players leaving. When they lost scholarships due to the transfers and players quitting, he had a couple of years tacked on.
I was under the impression that GMac's extension was actually a item negotiated into the original contract that had to do with losing scholarships due to the previous coach's players leaving. When they lost scholarships due to the transfers and players quitting, he had a couple of years tacked on.
Re: DMac Contract
There was an article in the DM Register awhile back that summarized the contract extension.
In summary, Gmac received 3 additional years of extensions before had coached a game, brining his contract to a total of 9 years. The contract (unbelievably) included a clause where Gmac received a 1 year extension for any and each NCAA violation under the previous coaching staff. As hard as it is to believe, the contract did not distinguish between major and minor NCAA violations.
Gmac received a 1 year extension for the following:
1 year for losing 1 scholarship to APR in year 1 of Gmac's tenure.
1 year for losing 1 scholarship to APR in year 1 of Gmac's tenure.
1 year for Jiri sitting out 6 non-conf games for driving his foster parents car.
For a total of 3 years. Believe it or not, if say we had lost 4 scholarships in that first year to APR, Gmac would have received 2 more individual years of extensions.
Long story short, great work by Gmac's agent, terrible job by Pollard and whoever else reviews and writes contracts for Iowa State. Not distinguishing between major and minor NCAA violations and guaranteeing a 1-year extension for any and each individual violation is incompetent contract writing, to be kind.
There was an article in the DM Register awhile back that summarized the contract extension.
In summary, Gmac received 3 additional years of extensions before had coached a game, brining his contract to a total of 9 years. The contract (unbelievably) included a clause where Gmac received a 1 year extension for any and each NCAA violation under the previous coaching staff. As hard as it is to believe, the contract did not distinguish between major and minor NCAA violations.
Gmac received a 1 year extension for the following:
1 year for losing 1 scholarship to APR in year 1 of Gmac's tenure.
1 year for losing 1 scholarship to APR in year 1 of Gmac's tenure.
1 year for Jiri sitting out 6 non-conf games for driving his foster parents car.
For a total of 3 years. Believe it or not, if say we had lost 4 scholarships in that first year to APR, Gmac would have received 2 more individual years of extensions.
Long story short, great work by Gmac's agent, terrible job by Pollard and whoever else reviews and writes contracts for Iowa State. Not distinguishing between major and minor NCAA violations and guaranteeing a 1-year extension for any and each individual violation is incompetent contract writing, to be kind.
I think Pollard did great - he had to find a way to get a new coach to agree to a low comp amount due to what we owed WM. He traded the lower salaray for more years, and probably figured that if GMac did a good job, he'd want him here longer anway.
Another thing, we've got a verbal already from the classes of 2011 and 2012 - a lot of teams do. So having a coach through 2015 isn't that crazy - T Ford at OSU signed a 10 year extension last year....
Another thing, we've got a verbal already from the classes of 2011 and 2012 - a lot of teams do. So having a coach through 2015 isn't that crazy - T Ford at OSU signed a 10 year extension last year....
Re: DMac Contract
Good. The 2 year extension for losing two scholarships that wouldn't have been filled anyway for one year was certainly excessive, its good to know it couldn't have resulted in even more years for APR violations. It seems stange that anyone would believe that 6 years of time itself is not long enough to recover from one season with only 11 available scholarships. Great work by Gmac's agent.
Good. The 2 year extension for losing two scholarships that wouldn't have been filled anyway for one year was certainly excessive, its good to know it couldn't have resulted in even more years for APR violations. It seems stange that anyone would believe that 6 years of time itself is not long enough to recover from one season with only 11 available scholarships. Great work by Gmac's agent.
Re: DMac Contract
KG, I remember something to the effect that we asked the NCAA to accellerate
the penalty because we didn't have enough bodies to fill the schollies that were
available.
KG, I remember something to the effect that we asked the NCAA to accellerate
the penalty because we didn't have enough bodies to fill the schollies that were
available.
He's lucky to have a contract at all.Gmac is one of the lowest paid coaches in the BCS - I'd argue his agent stinks!
Gmac is one of the lowest paid coaches in the BCS - I'd argue his agent stinks!
I'd argue his agent is a magacian... I mean he gets his client an extension for showing nothing
With the benefit of hindsight, I don't see how anyone could come to the conclusion that "Pollard did great."
Compare GMACs wages with what Frank Martin receives and the term of Frank Martin's contract.Gmac is one of the lowest paid coaches in the BCS - I'd argue his agent stinks!
I believe that Frank Martin receives less and has a considerably shorter term contract.
6 years is a pretty long contract for someone who had never coached at the high-major level. You think Pollard did great? We have a coach locked up for 5 more years who has yet to even reach the NIT and has not reached the level of success of his immediate predecessor who was fired, and we cannot afford to buy him out. These past 4 years have been the worst strech of ISU basketball since at least Johnny Orr came here. That was decades ago by the way. Obviously your definition of great is a little different than most ISU fans.
Having a coach through 2015 isn't crazy... having an ineffective coach is. The bottom line is years of losing and large scale player defections is not going to help recruiting, things will be even tougher here on out for GM than they have been so far. Fans are starting (or have long since) to lose faith. We really, really, really need a strong finish to this season to keep some optimism in the fan base. Hopefully that starts with a big win over KU Saturday!
I think nowadays, when you are recruiting freshman sophomores in high school you have to have a long contract. Was the buyout too much? Yes, but the length has to be that way so that a kid can be a little more assured the coach will be there. I know that contract length doesn't matter in reality as a coach can be fired or quit at any time, but having it there is a little more assuring to a kid that is 16 years old. That said it probably wasn't the best for us but if you lose a couple good kids because they aren't certain who the coach will be when they get there it may be worth it.
Re: DMac Contract
Yes we did work to move the penalties up to the first season, at least according to articles at that time. And yes, he did still receive a 2-year extension for lost scholarships that would not have been filled anyways. Great work by his agent.
Yes we did work to move the penalties up to the first season, at least according to articles at that time. And yes, he did still receive a 2-year extension for lost scholarships that would not have been filled anyways. Great work by his agent.