I'm very happy that both coordinators are in place, but my next thought was how long they gonna last? You don't hear about coaches having long tenures these days. It seems coaches treat Montana like a good jump point. I don't have much knowledge about the business of college football so is Montana a revolving door or is this just the business of coaching?
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It's not a revolving door is it?
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Until Montana starts paying real salaries to coaches, it'll be a revolving door.
I don't think that a "revolving door" for coaches is any different than any other job. When an opportunity comes along that pays better, in a location that we would want to live and allows to provide for our family better. We take it and move on. The difference here is that the University of Montana doesn't move on for us as once a Griz always a Griz. As much as we would like to see the coaches remain here we know they won't Still we are hopeful they will. Robin Selvig is the only Griz coach that has bucked that trend.
Griz1 said:
Most assistant coaches move around a lot. If you look at the dossier for almost any long-time assistant coach, they will have worked at many different schools. One reason is that the business is all about building relationships among mentors and colleagues. These associations pay dividends later in your career. It is amazing that most assistants hired have some previous relationship to the coach who hired them.
WaGriz4life
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Of course it's a revolving door. Were a small time college football program in Missoula, MT. Not exactly a destination job.
True, but there is no reason we can't pay a head coach $250,000, and the coordinators $150,000 base salaries.
WaGriz4life
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What!? In this economy you want to pay our football coaches MORE money? Griz coaches and players get EVERYTHING in Missoula and they get away with anything they want. How much do our professors make? I would certainly hope our Creative Writing professors make more than some football coach. I do not want MY TAX DOLLARS spent to increase a football coaches salary. Increasing coaches salary would be making a statements across the Nation that Football is the most important thing at our University and in our state.AllWeatherFan said:
Sincerely,
Montanans
#SARCASM
WaGriz4life
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Probably not considering the job offers they got, but it would have at least made them think about it. Smith can't be making much more than $150,000 coaching QB's for Boise State. If he was making that in Missoula, he and his wife would have the option to stay in Missoula and not be hurting themselves financially. Hauck and Breske had offers they couldn't refuse and UM couldn't compete against those jobs.wbtfg said:
But look at Brian Wright, he is set to make $139,000 per year at FAU. You think he would move down there and take that job if he could make the same amount in Bozeman? I doubt it. Both programs could certainly keep guys they normally wouldn't if salaries are increased to what was suggested.
WaGriz4life
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I was being SARCASTIC.reinell30 said:
wbtfg
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WaGriz4life said:
It's really hard to say what Wright would have done if he were making the same kind of money in Bozeman. There are a lot of positives to going to FAU. It's a FBS program, Florida climate, no Florida income tax, Florida recruiting, Real Estate in Boca Raton is extremely affordable right now. But yeah, doubling the salary certainly makes it an easy decision, whereas he may have had to think about it longer if the salary was equal.
wbtfg said:
i don't see what you're complaining about cuz it don't seem to be having much of an effect. this is our third guy in four years and we had one small hiccup, but that was when there was a head coach change. i think msu has had four in the last six years and they seem to get a better one each time. this last guy was awesome at weber. i wish you woulda kept wright, he didn't seem to know what was going on against good defenses the last two years.
WaGriz4life
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What Montana has been able to accomplish with all the coaching turnover is nothing short of a miracle. Continuity in coaching staffs is very important to maintaining long term success. Suggesting it doesn't matter is ridiculous.
