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Are there a shortage of people who would direct an athletic department for $100,000 a year?
Are there a shortage of people who would direct an athletic department for $100,000 a year?
I think something people constantly ignore is the financial consequences of keeping him.
1.) He still gets paid.
2.) Attendance at games is at what HAS to be an all-time low, or at LEAST in recent memory. This will not change until we start winning. Yes, people were there at the State game, but I'm doubting prices reached what they would have prior to 2010.
3.) An extension would effectively end attendance from fans who hate him and simply show up to support the Deacs while they can still tolerate it.
I don't know how the numbers work, but I can't see how firing him would hurt the budget in the long term.
I wasnt there, so I dont know....But would imagine that a fair bit of the crowd was probably State fans. I agree that if Bzzz stays after this year tickets and/or ticket prices will plummet. He's gotta go, just gotta go.
As if they haven't plummeted already...
I saw a lot of gold and black in the stands, and students came out for it (as they always do for tobacco road opponents), but students don't give the AD money, and other than that it wasn't great. Terrible compared to the good ol' days.
Sorry to move off Bz but Lon Kruger makes $2.2 MM per at Oklahoma? He sure has bounced around.
Lower arena was full. The endzone at the Wake bench end was very red. Very few fans in the upper arena, but many were State fans. Still a pitiful crowd (numbers wise, we made some noise at least)As if they haven't plummeted already...
I saw a lot of gold and black in the stands, and students came out for it (as they always do for tobacco road opponents), but students don't give the AD money, and other than that it wasn't great. Terrible compared to the good ol' days.
I was listening to XM just 15 minutes ago and they just said that football is 85% of the money and basketball is 15%. EVERYBODY is a football school now.
I heard Dino yesterday on the Freddy Coleman radio show on ESPN. I know he was not the answer for the future of Wake Forest basketball. We needed somebody new. But he had such enthusiasm in his voice, and he sounded quite competent in his analysis of various basketball teams & subjects, and ... I missed him.
I was listening to XM just 15 minutes ago and they just said that football is 85% of the money and basketball is 15%. EVERYBODY is a football school now.
Great information! Thanks. It looks like we can easily swing a mid-range income hire, but I think that for Shaka to even sniff our job, it would take 2Mil per, and that looks like it might be a bit of a stretch once all of our other expenses are accounted for.
The unfortunate fact is that no small university has ever risen above mediocrity in football. Having a competitive football team does, however, give credibility to our athletic department as a whole. I'm just afraid that football, as far as national relevance, is a lost cause. Basketball on the other hand, is a sport where we can compete for national titles if we get our act together.
The unfortunate fact is that no small university has ever risen above mediocrity in football. Having a competitive football team does, however, give credibility to our athletic department as a whole. I'm just afraid that football, as far as national relevance, is a lost cause. Basketball on the other hand, is a sport where we can compete for national titles if we get our act together.