Wall Street Journal Article re Griz, Krysko

[griz8791]

http://missoulian.com/articles/2006/03/15/news/local/news04.txt

This Missoulian article in turn quotes a Wall Street Journal article about basketball in general and commends Montana for holding costs down. That apparently includes the coach's salary because the Missoulian's summary says:

"A chart that accompanies the story shows that coach Larry Krystkowiak earns the second lowest salary among the nation's top 50 basketball programs. Krystkowiak's salary is listed as $120,000, which includes what UM pays him and what he earns from outside sources, such as television and radio appearances, said Jim O'Day, UM's athletic director."

So now his salary appears in the WSJ. Isn't that nice? I assume it was always public record out here but somebody from out of state would have had to work a little to find out about it. Now anyone who wants to hire him away doesn't even have to speculate about how little he's paid because it's all there in the nation's leading financial paper in black and white.

I don't think we really need this kind of publicity.

 

[Grizbacker1]

The average sports fan has never heard of the WSJ, let alone read it. The fact Krysko is paid very little could have easily been ascertained by looking at a map. I don't think the WSJ article is a big deal myself.

Not every coach leaves the second more money is thrown at them. Mark Few and Robin Selvig are two guys that come to mind right away. That being said, there is no doubt Krysko is going to be sought after. I just don't think the article is a factor at all. :twocents:

 

[putter]

Krysko already said money was not a big factor anyway. He was going to look at the situation that was presented rather than just a big paycheck.

 

[ronbo]

There are just as many sports fans that read the WSJ as there are that read any other newspaper. Because someone follows the financial news doesn't mean they don't like sports. People of means actually are some of the biggest fans because they can afford to get tickets to any sporting events they want to attend and are the majority of season ticket holders for Major College sports and Pro sports. All Pro Sports owners most likely read the Journal too.

 

[griz8791]

I'm not worried about whether sports fans read the WSJ. I'm worried about ADs and even more worried about the kinds of boosters who have enough money to pressure ADs.

 

[grizpack]

Mark Few's total package is almost $1M per year. He has pretty good reason to stay there. He is the king of Spokane. He doesnt' compete with a football team. He is the premier program in the Northwest (for now). And a million a year in Spokane is probably better than 2 million in some other places.

 

[EverettGriz]

But the cool thing is that the WSJ includes Montana as one of the top 50 programs in the country!! Gotta like that.