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PlayerRep said:Even if UM matched the Pac-12 salary, he would go to the Pac-12.
alabamagrizzly said:PlayerRep said:Even if UM matched the Pac-12 salary, he would go to the Pac-12.
Just curious, why do you think this?
PlayerRep said:alabamagrizzly said:PlayerRep said:Even if UM matched the Pac-12 salary, he would go to the Pac-12.
Just curious, why do you think this?
Because of the challenge of coaching in the Pac-12 and playing all the big boys week after week. It's what most coaches and competitive people do. They move up. They get better jobs. They pursue professional advancement. See all the UM coaches who have moved on and moved up.
I bet if we could get big donors to pay Travis 500k per year he would stay over taking jobs on bigger conferences. Someone told me Montana is the only state who has a board of regents who oversees both university systems in the state. He said if Montana were to get the money to pay Travis 500k per year then Montana State would have to pay their basketaball coach the same when his contract is renewed. Don’t know if this is true, but would be embarrassing if it was.alabamagrizzly said:PlayerRep said:alabamagrizzly said:PlayerRep said:Even if UM matched the Pac-12 salary, he would go to the Pac-12.
Just curious, why do you think this?
Because of the challenge of coaching in the Pac-12 and playing all the big boys week after week. It's what most coaches and competitive people do. They move up. They get better jobs. They pursue professional advancement. See all the UM coaches who have moved on and moved up.
I believe most all of them have moved up due to a substantial pay raise for them and their assistants. If the challenge is what they’re looking for, turning Montana into a national power, like say Gonzaga, is far more challenging then taking an easier job at a PAC12. Combined with Montana being your alma mater, I’d enjoy that challenge far more, especially if the pay were equal. Cal may be the only PAC12 school that could give him the emotional motivation to leave Montana for equal pay due to his history there. Of course this discussion is mute though since Montana can’t come close to matching the pay of any PAC12 school.
alabamagrizzly said:PlayerRep said:alabamagrizzly said:PlayerRep said:Even if UM matched the Pac-12 salary, he would go to the Pac-12.
Just curious, why do you think this?
Because of the challenge of coaching in the Pac-12 and playing all the big boys week after week. It's what most coaches and competitive people do. They move up. They get better jobs. They pursue professional advancement. See all the UM coaches who have moved on and moved up.
I believe most all of them have moved up due to a substantial pay raise for them and their assistants. If the challenge is what they’re looking for, turning Montana into a national power, like say Gonzaga, is far more challenging then taking an easier job at a PAC12. Combined with Montana being your alma mater, I’d enjoy that challenge far more, especially if the pay were equal. Cal may be the only PAC12 school that could give him the emotional motivation to leave Montana for equal pay due to his history there. Of course this discussion is mute though since Montana can’t come close to matching the pay of any PAC12 school.
tourist said:'Bama, you are right on the money. I call it the Robin Selvig factor. He stayed a LONG time. This was where he wanted to be, and the Lady Griz were his challenge. There are other coaches across the , in various sports, who have opted for the same challenge, to make what he/she had and make good BETTER, perhaps a national power.
TDC is an alum, but not a Montana native. If he wants to be MBBs Robin Selvig, that's his choice. If he wants the lights, fame and money, he's gone. Ponying up some chump change(by national standards, not Montana's)won't keep him here.
As for…"just defer to the AD, and have confidence he will do the right thing..." Haslam, the guy who kept Delaney two years too long, then hired Stitt for three. Look what five years of his 'leadership' has done to the football program. Did he do the right thing then? I just don't have that much faith or confidence. I do agree its his job, but publicly pressuring him in this forum is inappropriate.
Sport said:Not to be argumentative with someone as well connected as yourself PlayerRep, and not an attempt to make myself more important than I am but I do belong to that group of which you speak.
PlayerRep said:Tourist, think you may have missed the joke, in your last para.