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MBBALL Thinking this will be Travis' last season at UM

mthoopsfan said:
He's too good and successful not to be offered one or more great opportunities. Wish that we had him forever.
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I hope you're wrong here, but I have been thinking the same thing for the last couple of years.

We knew Monty would leave back when I was attending UM. If we thought Krysko and Tinks would stay because they were alums, we had to face that reality.

He has such a strong recruiting success along with the record we have been lucky to keep Travis all this time, through the era of one and done, and now into NIL. The clock is ticking on when the offer he deserves comes along.
 
I don’t have any inside information but I think Travis will not be leaving after this year or in the near future. Not that his ship has sailed but I think he really likes his coaches, the players, the administration and the community. Without looking up his salary plus bonuses he’s got a pretty good situation. I know his daughter is involved in dance.
 
Griz in Texas said:
I hope you're wrong here, but I have been thinking the same thing for the last couple of years.

We knew Monty would leave back when I was attending UM. If we thought Krysko and Tinks would stay because they were alums, we had to face that reality.

He has such a strong recruiting success along with the record we have been lucky to keep Travis all this time, through the era of one and done, and now into NIL. The clock is ticking on when the offer he deserves comes along.
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I think Travis has shown that he knows how to work the portal too. And, at UM, to get top frosh too. This team is very good already. Wait till they start learning how to work together better. Super fun team and nice season coming up.
 
It'll take a high major or power 4 offer.
DeCuire has turned down some offers over the years.

Financially, I believe the money games go to him to use as he wants. I believe these money games were added a few years ago.

I could be wrong. Feel free to correct me, if I'm am. Maybe someone knows better than I do.
 
mtgrizrule said:
It'll take a high major or power 4 offer.
DeCuire has turned down some offers over the years.

Financially, I believe the money games go to him to use as he wants. I believe these money games were added a few years ago.

I could be wrong. Feel free to correct me, if I'm am. Maybe someone knows better than I do.
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The money doesn't go in his pocket, so I don't think he gets to use it as he wants. Ha.
 
Griz1 said:
I don’t think Travis is going anywhere. It’s not that he isn’t a great coach, but more that he is contented with his life here. He likes Missoula and his family likes Missoula and I think he’ll eventually retire here. That’s just my opinion.
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No high caliber coach with his experience and his success, and at his age, is going to stay at a place like MT for those reasons, when the big boys start calling with the huge bucks that are paid to coaches now. And coaches are very competitive beings, and they want the challenge of moving up to see what they can do. In my view and experience.

Why did he throw his hat in the ring for Cal and Oregon State a number of years ago, if he just wanted to stay in Missoula?
 
mthoopsfan said:
The money doesn't go in his pocket, so I don't think he gets to use it as he wants. Ha.
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I think you misinterpreted the statement regarding where the money goes. Travis distributes the money to his assistants. That one reason they have stayed loyal to him and the program.
 
mthoopsfan said:
No high caliber coach with his experience and his success, and at his age, is going to stay at a place like MT for those reasons, when the big boys start calling with the huge bucks that are paid to coaches now. And coaches are very competitive beings, and they want the challenge of moving up to see what they can do. In my view and experience.

Why did he throw his hat in the ring for Cal and Oregon State a number of years ago, if he just wanted to stay in Missoula?
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mthoopsfan said:
No high caliber coach with his experience and his success, and at his age, is going to stay at a place like MT for those reasons, when the big boys start calling with the huge bucks that are paid to coaches now. And coaches are very competitive beings, and they want the challenge of moving up to see what they can do. In my view and experience.

Why did he throw his hat in the ring for Cal and Oregon State a number of years ago, if he just wanted to stay in Missoula?
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Not saying that Travis wouldn’t take a juicy hit financially by moving up but the reason he put his hat in the ring for the Cal and OSU job was to give himself more bargaining power in renegotiation for his current contract.
 
Travis DeCuire is not going anywhere. He has had opportunities to leave Missoula and has chosen to stay every time. His daughter was 4 when he came and she is now a freshman in high school. He might interview for other jobs to get a better contract from UM but he does not want to go anywhere else.
 
It’s a Gold Rush right now in college football and college basketball. He could get phone calls with job offers like the one Sprinkle got at Washington that could be generational wealth. Yes, he seems happy right now in Missoula, but $30 million dollars could change that in a heartbeat.
 
Sport said:
I think you misinterpreted the statement regarding where the money goes. Travis distributes the money to his assistants. That one reason they have stayed loyal to him and the program.
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I know that, and that was not relevant to my comment.
 
It sounds like most people here have not talked to Travis DeCuire. I have many times as well as his wife Sabrina. It is clear to me based on our conversations that he is not leaving Missoula anytime soon.
 
5280Griz said:
It sounds like most people here have not talked to Travis DeCuire. I have many times as well as his wife Sabrina. It is clear to me based on our conversations that he is not leaving Missoula anytime soon.
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You ever been offered a job that would pay you $300,000 a month instead of making that annually?

That’s the kind of pay raise he could achieve with a Power Conference move.
 
CopperGold14 said:
You ever been offered a job that would pay you $300,000 a month instead of making that annually?

That’s the kind of pay raise he could achieve with a Power Conference move.
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While I agree with you, CG, along with that $300,000 a month salary comes sky-high expectations and if those sky-high expectations aren't met, in 2-3 years, the high-paid coach's salary will drop to $ 0 😱 per month, not withstanding any buy-out money.

My hope is Travis will emulate LG legend Robin Selvig, who also had many chances to leave for " greener " pastures but didn't.
 
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