Yea.. Sorry.. but Addazzio has not shown he's an elite OC in my opinion. We will see what happens this year.
Woody On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 8:49 AM, Shane Ford <[email protected]> wrote: > > > May 19th, 2010 03:54pm > UF coaches overpaid or > underpaid?<http://andreu.blogs.gatorsports.com/10434/uf-coaches-overpaid-or-underpaid/> > > by Robbie Andreu <http://andreu.blogs.gatorsports.com/author/andreu/> > (Gainesville > SUN) > > > > > > ( page all of 2 ) View One > Page<http://andreu.blogs.gatorsports.com/10434/uf-coaches-overpaid-or-underpaid/?pa=all&tc=pgall> > > There has been quite a buzz going around college football the past few > months over the enormous salaries some of the prominent coordinators have > reeled in, especially Alabama defensive coordinator Kirby Smart, who was > given $750,000 a year not to take a head coaching job elsewhere. That salary > was in the head-coach ballpark not that many years ago, and it’s huge money > for a coordinator. > > Smart wasn’t the only one cashing in. In the SEC alone, four of the > defensive coordinators will be making $700,000 or more in 2010 — Smart, > South Carolina’s Ellis Johnson, LSU’s John Chavis and Georgia’s Todd > Grantham. > > From a Florida perspective, this begs the question: Is new defensive > coordinator Teryl Austin overpaid or underpaid with his annual salary of > $440,000? Austin’s salary was revealed Tuesday, along with the new contracts > of the other UF assistants. > > Based on what those other SEC coordinators are being paid, Austin > definitely is not being overpaid. One could make the argument that since > he’s never been a coordinator (he was the secondary coach with the Arizona > Cardinals), the Gators are throwing too much money at him. But, hey, this is > Florida, and if Grantham (a former defensive assistant with the Cowboys) is > making $700,000 at Georgia, then Austin should be getting at least $440,000 > at Florida. The bottom line is UF has given its new defensive coordinator a > contract at or below the going market. So, no, he’s definitely not making > too much money. > > The same goes for the rest of the coaching staff. Steve Addazio is making > $375,000, which is very good but not great money for an offensive > coordinator. Addazio will add considerably to his 2010 salary after UF > finalizes how much it should pay Addazio for some extra duties he’s taken on > in the last five months, including replacing Urban Meyer on the Gator > Gathering tour. > > The next-highest paid coaches are defensive line coach and assistant head > coach Dan McCarney ($330,000 a year) and co-defensive coordinator/safeties > coach Chuck Heater ($305,000). McCarney and Heater received raises of about > $50,000 each, along with other returning coaches Scot Loeffler ($240,000) > and Brian White ($240,000). > > UF’s other new assistants — Zach Azzanni, Stan Drayton and D.J. Durkin — > also are making $240,000 a year. > > Among the UF contract numbers that came out Tuesday, there was nothing that > jumped out at you as being stunning or outlandish, one way or the other. > > The most impressive aspect to me is that the lowest-paid coaches are making > $240,000 a year. That was coordinator money in the league just a few years > ago. > > UF is paying its coaches handsomely — and fairly. > > It’s a lot of money (not as much as Alabama is shelling out), but this is > an elite program with an elite head coach who has shown he knows how to hire > elite assistants. > > Comments<http://andreu.blogs.gatorsports.com/10434/uf-coaches-overpaid-or-underpaid/feed/> > > 5 Comments > > 1. May 19th, 2010 5:52 > pm<http://andreu.blogs.gatorsports.com/10434/uf-coaches-overpaid-or-underpaid/?pa=all&tc=pgall#comment-2940comment-2940> > > I agree that our coaches are being paid fairly. It’s rediculous what > Georgia paid for their new unproven DC. I would like to see more incentive > type pay plans based on their individual position area production and tied > to the overall success of the team and program. > > by TampaDave > > 1. May 19th, 2010 6:20 > pm<http://andreu.blogs.gatorsports.com/10434/uf-coaches-overpaid-or-underpaid/?pa=all&tc=pgall#comment-2941comment-2941> > > Just curious, how much does Mickey Marotti make? > > by StPeteGator > > 1. May 19th, 2010 11:10 > pm<http://andreu.blogs.gatorsports.com/10434/uf-coaches-overpaid-or-underpaid/?pa=all&tc=pgall#comment-2946comment-2946> > > Comparing them to the professors pay at UF would lead one to think they are > all clearly overpaid. Maybe we shouldn’t call them universities anymore > because the priority clearly is not about education anymore. > > by Philly Jones > > 1. May 20th, 2010 1:24 > am<http://andreu.blogs.gatorsports.com/10434/uf-coaches-overpaid-or-underpaid/?pa=all&tc=pgall#comment-2948comment-2948> > > i say if you get a good coach that helps u get to and win the nc then u pay > him whatever it takes to get him to stay. if he starts slackin then u take > some of it back till he gets back to where he was. whats a few hundred k > when your consistently winning nc’s? the $ uf gets for that more than makes > up for it. go gators, we should shoot for the highest paid staff in all of > college fb. alabamas not going away anytime soon from the looks of it. > unless we want to end up 2nd fiddle to those turds every year we need to > ante up or the best will go there. theres not much loyalty anymore, its all > about the money. > > by montanagator > > 1. May 20th, 2010 8:34 > am<http://andreu.blogs.gatorsports.com/10434/uf-coaches-overpaid-or-underpaid/?pa=all&tc=pgall#comment-2954comment-2954> > > While these are darn good salaries, we need to be ready to bump the > coordinators if we have another banner season. > . > While I am all in favor of guys that leave UF for a step up, from position > coach to Coordinator, or Coordinator to HC, I DON’T want to see great > coaches leave for the same position elsewhere because more money was > available. > . > UF is a program of a quality sufficient to demand coaches in the top 5 of > their profession (at their position), but then must also pay them like > coaches in the top 5 of their profession. > > by Lizardgrad89 > > > > -- > GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! > 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions > 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions > 2008 National Football Champions | > Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), > Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us -- GATORS: ONE VOICE ON SATURDAY - NO VOICE ON SUNDAY! 1996 National Football Champions | 2006 National Basketball Champions 2006 National Football Champions | 2007 National Basketball Champions 2008 National Football Champions | Three Heisman Trophy winners: Steve Spurrier (1966), Danny Wuerffel (1996), Tim Tebow (2007) - Visit our website at www.gatornet.us
