NFL experience... that comes with a price tag.
________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, May 20, 2010 9:33:14 AM Subject: RE: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [SUN]: 5/19 15:54 --- "ROBBIE's PLAYBOOK" === UF coaches overpaid or underpaid? [Andreu] The interesting thing is - Austin is making more than Charlie Strong was. -------- Original Message -------- >Subject: [gatortalk] Re: [gatornews] [SUN]: 5/19 15:54 --- "ROBBIE's >PLAYBOOK" === UF coaches overpaid or underpaid? [Andreu] >From: Woody <[email protected]> >Date: Thu, May 20, 2010 9:05 am >To: [email protected] > > >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? >>by Robbie Andreu (Gainesville SUN) >> >> >>( page all of 2 ) View One Page >>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 >>5 Comments >> 1. May 19th, 2010 5:52 pm >>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 >>Just curious, how much does Mickey Marotti make? >>by StPeteGator >> 1. May 19th, 2010 11:10 pm >>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 >>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 >>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 -- 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
