Kiffin signs a long term deal!
Tons of pressure at a P5 school. The money is great, but how much does lifestyle change from making $1million per year to making $5million per year? Yes, you can have more cars, houses, etc., but you can have a very good life at $1million per year, and his salary will likely increase at FAU. Hopefully he has matured enough to realize that FAU is a good gig and if he continues to win, he can stay for life.Local Owl said
Can you imagine the millions he can earn and bring in to a power five school ? Our only hope is that he really likes SoFla and decides to take less money for a better life style for his family. Tough decision.
Posted On: May 7th 2018, 6:19 PM #378242
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owlfan1 said
Hopefully he has matured enough to realize that FAU is a good gig and if he continues to win, he can stay for life.Posted On: May 8th 2018, 11:18 AM #378246
Here's your answer…
"I'm not driven by money anymore. I'm very happy here on all fronts...making sure it's the right place you can really win at, because as you get older, you realize how important it is. That's why I took this job." @Lane_Kiffin on being Head Coach at #thefaU #GoOwls! 👌😎👌 pic.twitter.com/e29PG4ipZi
— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) May 7, 2018
owlfan1 said
Tons of pressure at a P5 school. The money is great, but how much does lifestyle change from making $1million per year to making $5million per year? Yes, you can have more cars, houses, etc., but you can have a very good life at $1million per year, and his salary will likely increase at FAU. Hopefully he has matured enough to realize that FAU is a good gig and if he continues to win, he can stay for life.Local Owl said
Can you imagine the millions he can earn and bring in to a power five school ? Our only hope is that he really likes SoFla and decides to take less money for a better life style for his family. Tough decision.
Posted On: May 7th 2018, 6:19 PM #378242
GO OWLS!!!Posted On: May 8th 2018, 11:18 AM #378246
Great post and I hope and pray the same! I still think the Coaches salaries are gonna kill the golden goose too. $7M a year to coach football? HUGE buyouts unless they commit a crime basically. Assistant Coaches pools getting to $6M a year? Again, to coach a position in football. Give me a break! the economics even in the Power 5 are gonna break and the competitive gaps from top to even the lower Power 5 schools, let alone down to the Group of 5 is ridiculous.
-Dwight D. Eisenhower
He has more to gain from a reward standpoint beating everyone else while rising to the top here…
OR Maybe he stays and does the very same as HIS program!
Rick said
Here's your answer…owlfan1 said
Hopefully he has matured enough to realize that FAU is a good gig and if he continues to win, he can stay for life.Posted On: May 8th 2018, 11:18 AM #378246
Here's your answer…"I'm not driven by money anymore. I'm very happy here on all fronts...making sure it's the right place you can really win at, because as you get older, you realize how important it is. That's why I took this job." @Lane_Kiffin on being Head Coach at #thefaU #GoOwls! 👌😎👌 pic.twitter.com/e29PG4ipZi
— FAU Owl's Nest (@FAU_Owls_Nest) May 7, 2018Posted On: May 8th 2018, 11:51 AM #378247
Thanks, Rick. I saw that previously. I guess what I am saying is that I hope this isn't just talk. I hope he really does see the value in staying at FAU.
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GeorgiaOwl said
owlfan1 said
Tons of pressure at a P5 school. The money is great, but how much does lifestyle change from making $1million per year to making $5million per year? Yes, you can have more cars, houses, etc., but you can have a very good life at $1million per year, and his salary will likely increase at FAU. Hopefully he has matured enough to realize that FAU is a good gig and if he continues to win, he can stay for life.Local Owl said
Can you imagine the millions he can earn and bring in to a power five school ? Our only hope is that he really likes SoFla and decides to take less money for a better life style for his family. Tough decision.
Posted On: May 7th 2018, 6:19 PM #378242
GO OWLS!!!Posted On: May 8th 2018, 11:18 AM #378246
Great post and I hope and pray the same! I still think the Coaches salaries are gonna kill the golden goose too. $7M a year to coach football? HUGE buyouts unless they commit a crime basically. Assistant Coaches pools getting to $6M a year? Again, to coach a position in football. Give me a break! the economics even in the Power 5 are gonna break and the competitive gaps from top to even the lower Power 5 schools, let alone down to the Group of 5 is ridiculous.Posted On: May 8th 2018, 11:51 AM #378248
Thanks, GeorgiaOwl. I think you are right. Reality is that only 4 teams can compete for the National Championship at the end of the year, and only 1 team can win it. Too many schools are paying $4 million, $5 million, $6 million, etc. per year and if the team is not a perennial conference champ and playoff team, it is hard to justify the salary. 20 schools are paying more than $4 million per year. That puts coaches in positions that are super high pressure, and the likelihood of not lasting more than a few years at a position is pretty high.
Look at Nebraska with Scott Frost. Seems like a great move, but if he doesn't produce (in a very competitive BIGTEN conference), he is likely gone. While ego and nostalgia might have driven him to take the Nebraska job, he has about a 15% chance of making it a career job. Nebraska has had 5 coaches since 1997. That is an average of 4 years per coach. No coach since 1997 has been there more than 7 years. It is a tough road for Frost at Nebraska. At UCF he had a 100% chance of making it a career job.
I just hope that Kiffin has put his ego aside enough to realize this and that he sticks with FAU for the long haul.
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