he would be worth every penny even if he only won 2 games every 4 years....
My concern is that this payout really raises the bar for coaching salaries. I won't deny that Bob Stoops has done wonders for Oklahoma's football team and entire school. I guess this was a payout of an incentive to stay for 10 years. Just the same, what kind of effect does this have on the rest of college football? When college guys are making as much (or more) than NFL guys, I think that's a step in the wrong direction.
That's a lot of money to pay a guy who historically chokes in big bowl games and manages to lose a few each season to teams he shouldn't...
that's cool. nu certainly likes to remain competitive with the HC salary. at least stoops is getting them there. cally, anyone?
Those Car Dealerships have to find somewhere to place their money now!
Stoops is one of the best coaches in the nation. Yup, he's lost some BCS games, but they're making it there. Keep in mind that he's lost numerous assistants over the past few years. Don't tell me losing Grimes, Cabral, Hagan, etc wouldn't have a negative impact on the team.
That being said, $6M is a lot of damn money!
that's cool. nu certainly likes to remain competitive with the HC salary. at least stoops is getting them there. cally, anyone?
Just can't help yourself can you? FYI, Pelini is on the lower end of the pay scale in the conference. He's actually making less than Briles at Baylor.
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1. thank you for sharing. i did not say that nu is currently very competitive. back to back contract buyouts (which amount to a considerable chunk of money) combined with the fact that nu has lost its allure certainly appear to impact what they can put on the table.
2. as for how competitive nu WAS, specifically with cally (whom was the name under discussion during your little miff) cannot be refuted. his base was cushy, wasn't it? a husker loving source linky maintained that cally's base salary was more than stoops, mack brown, and jim tressel.
i suppose your opening question could well be aimed right back atcha. you just can't help yourself, can you? :lol:
nu certainly likes to remain competitive with the HC salary.
That's a lot of money to pay a guy who historically chokes in big bowl games and manages to lose a few each season to teams he shouldn't...
As far as my comment goes, you just can't help but attack every NU poster on here regardless of whether that post refers to NU at all. It seems pretty childish and stupid when you're constantly reaching for an argument instead of just joining in with a discussion like the rest of the posters on this board.
sker, when you are done whining like a child, you may realize that you were choosing to do the very thing you are crying about right now. the difference between your outlook and mine is that i do not take football banter personally. you betcha that i enjoyed watching you eat those very brusque words about overpaid coaches. i also enjoyed the subsequent protestations in which you spun a flowery benefit to the current state of nu athletics. we might want to look into turning that spinning into a pottery wheel. it is practically as effective.
i chose enlarge upon the discussion at hand by bringing the microscope to nu. a side benefit is that in the process, you looked like quite the homer. i do enjoy doing that, yes. being as this is my home board, it has the side benefit of generating a good deal of amusement for the masses. if you feel that this exchange was a personal attack of grand proportions, perhaps you might initiate a search for a product that could thicken your skin, as clearly it is necessary.
Jesus. It's pretty obvious that you see/read only what you want to. If you want to turn my first post into something about NU I would love to see how you're going to do that, especially since none of what was written there could apply to any of NU's coaches over the past 40+ years. So please, explain where you're going with this. Bill Callahan? Lost to a few teams that he shouldn't, particularly in the past year, but the only big bowl game he ever lost was to Auburn and you could hardly call that a choke since we lost by three and weren't favored. Solich? If you jump from year to year that may apply but he hardly ever lost games we were favored in and won the majority of the big bowls. Osborne? Please.
I'm not eating anything, regardless of how much you would enjoy that.
The rest of your post is pure idiocy. If you want to take what I've written and interpret it as crying then I guess that's your choice. As far as expanding the scope of a discussion, I just think it's funny how you're the only one that ALWAYS expands it to NU. The post could be on anything, ANYTHING, and it's only a matter of time before LB comes along and disagrees with whatever the NU fans post. NU Fan: "There's some good skiing this time of year." LB: "No there isn't. Only and inbred husker idiot would say something like that. You're all beneath me because I am the might LB!" Seriously. Stop. Unless you have a legitimate argument or point to make, just stop. You just look foolish.
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Fixed it, because we don't support corn around here!!
Eruption? So not gonna address any of the things that I posted? That's what I thought.wow. i applaud you for engaging in a mental eruption on the magnitude of vesuvius. :woot: that is seriously funny.
Eruption? So not gonna address any of the things that I posted? That's what I thought.