I'd take Nee back over Collier any day!
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Time to speculate on who the new coach might be
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Barfknecht mentions some names...and a potential salary for the "right" guy. $1.5-1.7M is possible for someone meeting the "right criteria". Good start.
http://www.omaha.com/article/20120309/BIGRED/703099818/1001#next-coach-likely-to-receive-pay-boost
Love him or hate him...I don't think Barfy pulls stuff out of thin air. And he's mentioned Altman more than once.
Mentions Spinelli and a few others as well.
http://www.omaha.com/article/20120309/BIGRED/703099818/1001#next-coach-likely-to-receive-pay-boost
Love him or hate him...I don't think Barfy pulls stuff out of thin air. And he's mentioned Altman more than once.
Mentions Spinelli and a few others as well.
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Smart: No chance.
Marshall: Speculation is that South Carolina might be his destination if he leaves WSU. Coached at Winthrop and Coll. of Charleston.
Howland: Talking heads have come out somewhat in defense of him after the big hub-up at UCLA but he's stained for now. Might not even get axed at UCLA
Groce is intriguing. OSU asst. before Ohio gig.
Miles...entire coaching career in puny schools and DII.
I don't want Altman. While he would qualify as an improvement, I don't think he would excite the big money donors (nor the common fan) the way some of the other potential candidates might.
But my biggest reason against Altman?
In the last five years, Altman has pledged his loyalty to three different schools: Arkansas, Creighton, and Oregon.
Pick your reason (job-hopper, not sure what he wants, commit-o-phobe, whatever) but Nebraska needs somebody committed to building the program - not to running off to the next job opening.
But my biggest reason against Altman?
In the last five years, Altman has pledged his loyalty to three different schools: Arkansas, Creighton, and Oregon.
Pick your reason (job-hopper, not sure what he wants, commit-o-phobe, whatever) but Nebraska needs somebody committed to building the program - not to running off to the next job opening.
I certainly get the "job hopping" thing but...
...we'll never know what happened with Arkansas. I've always thought his eyes were opened to something ugly in a hurry. Regardless...when he got back things were never the same. It was probably time to go when he did. Leaving for Nebraska would be a "coming home" thing. Supposedly he wanted the job a while back. Anyway, I don't think you'd have to worry about him leaving for "the next opening". He passed on a lot of opportunities while at CU. And Nebraska is home, afterall.
As for exciting donors. That can't be TO's top priority. Hiring the right guy is the key. "Build it and they will come" so to speak. NU is NOT going to get a "wow", Shaka Smart type hire. Altman may or may not be the choice.
But if TO thinks he's the right guy and he makes the choice to come...I wouldn't worry about "commitment" issues.
I don't know much about bball, but I would think that NU has just about everything in place to be successful. New practice facility, a soon to be complete arena, now all we need is the right coach to put it all together. Maybe the Huskers open up the purse strings a little.
I don't think there'll be a better opportunity to lure a quality coach to Nebraska for a long, long time.
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they have said they will
Personally, I think that Steve Alford at New Mexico is a young and up-and-coming BB Coach. He has the Lobo's playing at a 26-6 rate this year and they seem to be getting better every year since he became the Head Coach. I don't know if he would be a "fit" here...but I think he's going to be around for a lot of years to come.
Well, NU is already opening up the purse strings a bit when it comes to Doc's buyout. Doc's got an overall 3 million dollar buyout, and it'll cost upwards of 2 million per season for a really good coach. That's 5 million in one season spent on just head coaches for NU basketball. Anyone know how that relates to what all the full-time football coaches make in one year?
He already flamed out at Iowa, so I'm not sure he's a good fit. Good coach, just better suited for high mid-majors, IMO.
JP - 300K per year
Beck - 365K per year
Kaczenski - 195K per year
Brown and Barney - 240K per year
Els - 220K per year
Fisher - 180K per year
Garrison - 160K per year
Raymond - 200K per year
Bo to 2.875M per year
so that's about 1.8M for the assistants and totals about 4.7M for the football staff coaches
this according to Sip on 20 Jan 12.
Marshall would be an intriguing choice... Howland isn't getting the axe... If we're willing to give Pelini money to Smart, then maybe, but very doubtful. Groce has a good background in the B1G region but Bils your same comment re: Miles would hold for him as well as he's had high profile assistant jobs but Ohio is his only head coaching experience.
Personally when I saw Doc had been fired, the first name that came to mind was Tim Miles. I know Tim from when I was going to school at NDSU as I was close with the 'Fab Four' who he recruited. Two years after he left, those guys were seniors and took NDSU to the big dance in their first eligible year and played KU in the first round in Minne where they only lost by 10. Also while he was there, those young guys (FR and SO years) upset Marquette and Wisky on the road when both were ranked in the top 15. Every year his teams have improved at CSU and they are currently on the bubble for the tournament. TM has always run a clean program with an emphasis on academics. Personally I think its worth a call from TO as he could do much worse.
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Doc, being fired, will now make 66K per MONTH.
