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Any word on a new HC @ UConn yet?

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Stinger92860 said:
So, if they can’t pay him does he sue them, or do they release him and he leaves? What are his options?
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I don’t know but you wonder what other problems they might have. Or maybe it was a ploy to raise money.
 
ZooCougar said:
I don’t know but you wonder what other problems they might have. Or maybe it was a ploy to raise money.
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Seems like it:

Mullen signed a five-year deal with the school worth $17.5 million in total money, but UNLV will require help from donors to fund the rest of the contract.

“We have the funds to pay the coach over the next two years,” Harper said at a meeting of the UNLV Board of Regents, adding that the athletic department is in at least $26 million of debt.

“We have been working with our donors to assist with philanthropic dollars, ” Harper added.

“We have one that has already paid their commitment, and that money is in an unrestricted line and that will be utilized in the future to help with the salaries.”
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Probably also counting on an expected increase in revenue from ticket sales due to continued success
 
ScottVib said:
He was also one of the politicians who questioned if a move to the Big XII would be the right thing for UConn.



also from the article:


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The second quote is entirely defensible. You don't want to join a power conference if it's going to hemorrhage you money. Look at Rutgirls, they have how much in debt due to not getting full payouts for how many years?
 
How Sway?! said:
The second quote is entirely defensible. You don't want to join a power conference if it's going to hemorrhage you money. Look at Rutgirls, they have how much in debt due to not getting full payouts for how many years?
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Rutgirls can’t make their nut.
 
UConnJim said:
Mullen is the highest paid HC in the MWC at $3.5 million per year with an assistant coaches pool of ~$2.8 million. That is not happening at UConn.
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You gotta be competitive with assistants.
 
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snoopy said:
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"Ritter is among the most supportive, and influential, UConn fans in state government. From his powerful perch, he’s helped secure more than $100 million in state funding to renovate the two arenas where UConn’s championship basketball teams play their home games.

Similar investments in the football program, including a possible makeover for Rentschler Field, might be in the cards, too.

“Rentschler is a conversation we gotta have,” Ritter said. “It is not anywhere near some of the nicer stadiums.”
 
jostar1 said:
"Ritter is among the most supportive, and influential, UConn fans in state government. From his powerful perch, he’s helped secure more than $100 million in state funding to renovate the two arenas where UConn’s championship basketball teams play their home games.

Similar investments in the football program, including a possible makeover for Rentschler Field, might be in the cards, too.

“Rentschler is a conversation we gotta have,” Ritter said. “It is not anywhere near some of the nicer stadiums.”
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Here's a thought. Get some these big time investors involved down here in Fairfield County, where they're going chopping up all the land and building new million dollar homes, to somehow buy in to helping foot the bill that would gave a student athletes/alumni/fans a total FBS level college foitball experience... a campus stadium.
There's some creative tax credit experience somebody can come up with, no? I mean, part of the White House has been completely demolished and is being completely redone as we speak. Why not, in Lil old Storrs CT, something can't be done?
 
ScottVib said:
They’re mandated to post the position for a certain number of days. Typically they do it after the choice is made to allow the requirements to be customized in such a way that only the chosen candidate can be hired.
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I’m going to apply when it opens. I can’t wait to see you all from the podium at the introductory presser.
 
ZooCougar said:
He had an email informing him to take the rest of the season off after announcing this would be it for him and discussing it with nobody. It’s amazing how you are wrong about pretty much everything.
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Dude. Come on. He was fired. RE said in Sunday he’s retiring at the end of the season. THE NEXT DAY DB say “Nah.” He was fired.

Idc about the semantics of them trying to avoid a buyout or whatever by not terminating his employment until a later date. Dude was F-I-R-E-D fired.
 
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How Sway?! said:
The second quote is entirely defensible. You don't want to join a power conference if it's going to hemorrhage you money. Look at Rutgirls, they have how much in debt due to not getting full payouts for how many years?
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The real problem at Rutgers is that they weren't prepared to upgrade to the Big 10 and they had to invest. They had to invest in facilities, personnel, coaching salaries,... And, they have 25 varsity sports which is too many given their financial circumstances. UConn has upgraded facilities over time and most of their sports are P4 ready with the exception of football. Coaching salaries, with the exception of football, are P4 comparable.
 
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I am impatient about selection of the next coach. USF already hired somebody and Golesh left after Mora I believe.
 
nycscooby said:
I am impatient about selection of the next coach. USF already hired somebody and Golesh left after Mora I believe.
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When we had to replace P and HCRE2, they were both fired early in the season and we had plenty of time to plan ahead for this time of year. After HCRE2, he had Mora in place before we got to the end of the season and it helped keep the player pool that turned it around the following season. When you fire your coach at the end of the season (with us it only happened with HCVV), the AD at least has an idea that he may need to make a change at the end of the season, and while he can’t be openly calling candidates like when the coach is fired early you can at least plan for your next steps. When your coach quits at the end of the season, like now (or after HCRE1), the AD is left in an impossible predicament. Every day you delay sets back player recruiting and retention for the fall, and an materially hurt the upcoming season, but the cost of that is minor compared to rushing and getting the wrong person. but rushing and hiring the wrong coach as we have seen can set the program back much further than a subpar year.

He has to get it right. I’m as impatient as the next guy, and I wish he’d get it right NOW, but I understand that it’s more important that he get it right and we have to be patient.
 
businesslawyer said:
When we had to replace P and HCRE2, they were both fired early in the season and we had plenty of time to plan ahead for this time of year. After HCRE2, he had Mora in place before we got to the end of the season and it helped keep the player pool that turned it around the following season. When you fire your coach at the end of the season (with us it only happened with HCVV), the AD at least has an idea that he may need to make a change at the end of the season, and while he can’t be openly calling candidates like when the coach is fired early you can at least plan for your next steps. When your coach quits at the end of the season, like now (or after HCRE1), the AD is left in an impossible predicament. Every day you delay sets back player recruiting and retention for the fall, and an materially hurt the upcoming season, but the cost of that is minor compared to rushing and getting the wrong person. but rushing and hiring the wrong coach as we have seen can set the program back much further than a subpar year.

He has to get it right. I’m as impatient as the next guy, and I wish he’d get it right NOW, but I understand that it’s more important that he get it right and we have to be patient.
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I agree with most of what you wrote except I think Mora had been looking around and I would think DB knew that. Every AD has to have a list of potential coaches at all times. I think three things are complicating the hire: 1) This hire is very important to UConn for future conference realignment. 2) UConn is a unique job and it has to be approached as such. For example, the next coach has to embrace the portal. 3) DB is probably lobbying for increased resources for the next coach.
 
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UConnJim said:
I agree with most of what you wrote except I think Mora had been looking around and I would think DB knew that. Every AD has to have a list of potential coaches at all times. I think three things are complicating the hire: 1) This hire is very important to UConn for future conference realignment. 2) UConn is a unique job and it has to be approached as such. For example, the next coach has to embrace the portal. 3) DB is probably lobbying for increased resources for the next coach.
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Yeah I assume DB knew Mora applied for Washington State job. So DB should have had a list together since the end of the 2024 season.
 
businesslawyer said:
......the cost of that is minor compared to rushing and getting the wrong person. but rushing and hiring the wrong coach as we have seen can set the program back much further than a subpar year.
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Absolutely right. You have to get the hire right and fans have to realize the incoming coach will be at a disadvantage in his first season with personnel. Of course, fans are never patient, but nonetheless........
 
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