Good money after bad

[HawkNorth]

Good Patrick Reusse column in the Strib about the absurd amount of money being thrown around by wannabe big time athletic programs, specifically Texas A&M. Huge raises also for LSU and former Wiscy DC Dave Aranda and new DC at Texas A&M Mike Elko. Ferentz and staff look more like a bargain every day.

http://www.startribune.com/texas-a-m-spending-foolishly-chasing-football-wins/468226803/

 

[anon_gjzkhykcp9iuj]

Too much money in college sports. However, I wish we would follow suit to try and keep up with the Joneses, as long as the money is there, which it is.

 

[kceasthawk]

Good Patrick Reusse column in the Strib about the absurd amount of money being thrown around by wannabe big time athletic programs, specifically Texas A&M. Huge raises also for LSU and former Wiscy DC Dave Aranda and new DC at Texas A&M Mike Elko. Ferentz and staff look more like a bargain every day.

http://www.startribune.com/texas-a-m-spending-foolishly-chasing-football-wins/468226803/

One of the things that people who complain about KF's salary overlook, is that its remained fairly flat for a number of years while salaries around the game have escalated dramatically. You can be sure if Iowa had changed coaches two or three times in the last decade as most of our conference peers have, we'd probably being paying quite a bit more then currently. Other then Wisconsin, and the Alvarez scenario, what have Minnesota, Nebraska, Illinois, Purdue, Indiana, hell for that matter Michigan accomplished in the last decade?

 

[kceasthawk]

Too much money in college sports. However, I wish we would follow suit to try and keep up with the Joneses, as long as the money is there, which it is.

To what end? Other then Bama, OSU, Clemson, and Georgia, please list the schools that have had consistent success the last decade while chasing the dream by throwing around big money. The most consistently good teams who are not blue bloods have been successful in the last decade have done so by long term program stability. In the BIG, I would point to MSU, Wisconsin, Iowa and Northwestern as being teams that are at least in the hunt most years.

 

[Hawkeye3087]

I've been wondering for years when teams would get really aggressive with assistant coaches.

 

[Hawk_4shur]

Compensation increases when the demand for the perceived skills exceeds the supply.

Finding a HC that can lead a team to the promised land must be pretty difficult. How else can you explain ASU hiring Herm Edwards? Or, Jon Gruden (career 95-81 NFL record) getting $100 million?

 

[bagdropper]

I follow the main cfb for Rivals, just to see what other crazies are out there more than anything else.

The things that were posted by A&M fans were astounding - I didn't know A&M football was in effect a license to print money. There is some serious money behind that program.

That's why Sumlin got canned without really blinking over it. With the money they got coming in backing that program, 8-5 year after year will never cut it there any more.

 

[TDJ7]

All that money and yet they can't put a camera right down the goal line.

 

[Broadhead81]

All that money and yet they can't put a camera right down the goal line.

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