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I get the angst, but Benedict inherited this situation. If the school has the capacity to fire Diaco then it's not even a given that they would use it.

Being silent seems like the way to go in the wake of this. If he says one thing, then it sounds like the kiss of death and you undermine Diaco's future efforts. If he says something else then the hard cores might get turned off even more than they already are. I can't really blame him for being so silent. But eventually we will have to hear from him.
 
SonsOfNutmeg said:
Kinda unrelated, but want to bet Diaco used his "calls from other jobs" and the fact that he had a brand new AD coming in as barganing chips to get this high buyout and extension deal done before Benedict started basically... Who would want to walk into a new job and have one of your marquee program's HC's leave? Especially with all the CR talk heating up this spring/summer. What a mess...
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Yeah, this probably was part of how is Agent leveraged it. A school that has to replace an AD and a football coach is in a terrible spot.
 
Question: Anybody know the particulars of any buyout? Is it a lump sum or paid periodically over some stretch of time?
2nd question: How autonomous is DB with managing the Athletic Department monies specifically?

Thanks in advance for any response.
 
RioDog said:
Question: Anybody know the particulars of any buyout? Is it a lump sum or paid periodically over some stretch of time?
2nd question: How autonomous is DB with managing the Athletic Department monies specifically?

Thanks in advance for any response.
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1. @huskymedic found that it has to be paid within 60 days.

2. Not sure - we have a 3-headed AD staff and Goetz oversees football personnel. I don't know who would be responsible for managing the buyout and given final authority. My guess is Benedict.
 
Dooley said:
1. @huskymedic found that it has to be paid within 60 days.
Fahq

2. Not sure - we have a 3-headed AD staff and Goetz oversees football personnel. I don't know who would be responsible for managing the buyout and given final authority. My guess is Benedict.
My assumption as well. OK
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Thanks Dooley. First item is a disadvantage. But 3.7 mil/72 mil = just over 5%. 5% of the total budget- not enough room there to finagle the cash? Postpone/cancel some expenditures? Leverage some credit? There's gotta be a way. Hopefully the silence is the sound of smart accountants madly crunching numbers. I would hope they're at least trying. I guess I could live with that.
 
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brasssbonanzaa said:
Perhaps we could offer Diaco some kind of Bobby Bonilla Lite buyout....
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LOL. The Mets are still paying him $1M/yr, aren't they? Probably the 2nd worst contract ever handed out by a MLB team, behind Albert Belle. Belle really stuck it to the O's too when he left the team mid-contract but didn't retire so he could collect every penny.
 
Dooley said:
LOL. The Mets are still paying him $1M/yr, aren't they? Probably the 2nd worst contract ever handed out by a MLB team, behind Albert Belle. Belle really stuck it to the O's too when he left the team mid-contract but didn't retire so he could collect every penny.
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Extra emphasis on Lite. But really, perhaps a structured buyout over a longer period of time that ends up paying him a larger sum of money in total could be agreeable. Since there's silence from UConn at this point it's reasonable to believe there's some level of negotiation that may be going on.
 
brasssbonanzaa said:
Extra emphasis on Lite. But really, perhaps a structured buyout over a longer period of time that ends up paying him a larger sum of money in total could be agreeable. Since there's silence from UConn at this point it's reasonable to believe there's some level of negotiation that may be going on.
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See that's the kind of thinking we need around here! 1000 likes to you sir!
 
brasssbonanzaa said:
Extra emphasis on Lite. But really, perhaps a structured buyout over a longer period of time that ends up paying him a larger sum of money in total could be agreeable. Since there's silence from UConn at this point it's reasonable to believe there's some level of negotiation that may be going on.
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They could also be using a possible return of him to ND as DC for Kelly as leverage in the buyout...trying to subtract his salary he would receive at ND from what they owe him for a buyout. 100% far fetched and most likely a pipe dream but the longer nothing but silence comes out of Storrs the longer anything could be likely.
 
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My guess is he is back. If they were going to can him it would have been done by now. Only hope now is that they put so many conditions on his coaching staff selections that he feels it is unpalatable and decides to negotiate a walk. Unless he goes 7-8 wins next season he is gone at that point but our long national nightmare will continue for another year.
 
freescooter said:
My guess is he is back. If they were going to can him it would have been done by now. Only hope now is that they put so many conditions on his coaching staff selections that he feels it is unpalatable and decides to negotiate a walk. Unless he goes 7-8 wins next season he is gone at that point but our long national nightmare will continue for another year.
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And we won't have any fans left to even b**ch about the fact we will no longer have a program.
 
superjohn said:
And we won't have any fans left to even b**ch about the fact we will no longer have a program.
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As long as there are those of us still buying season tickets..we will be able to bitch! I know I will still be in for my 2 seats.
 
FDNY99 said:
As long as there are those of us still buying season tickets..we will be able to bitch! I know I will still be in for my 2 seats.
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Good news, you and your seatmate will have tons of room to spread out
 
nelsonmuntz said:
Benedict should be canned. If his first major decision as AD is to give this clown a raise with a huge buyout off a 6-7 season, then I don't need to see his second decision.
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I know you think he is oblivious like you think most are at UConn right now but he knows as he didn't get stupid travelling north to Connecticut from Alabama.
 
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uconnbill said:
I know you think he is oblivious like you think most are at UConn right now but he knows as he didn't get stupid travelling north to Connecticut from Alabama.
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Uconnbill.... cold temperatures lead to Brain freeze
 
freescooter said:
My guess is he is back. If they were going to can him it would have been done by now. Only hope now is that they put so many conditions on his coaching staff selections that he feels it is unpalatable and decides to negotiate a walk. Unless he goes 7-8 wins next season he is gone at that point but our long national nightmare will continue for another year.
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What if they've decided to fire him on Jan 1 at the reduced buyout? It doesn't seem as if they could announce it now without triggering the higher buyout amount. We may very well be sitting around until then with no word from anybody about anything. The only other alternative is the dreaded vote of confidence now, but I doubt they'd want to do that and then turn around and can him on Jan 1, even though that's what usually happens with the vote of confidence. It does present something of a PR problem when it's done that way.
 
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UConn990411 said:
As I mentioned in another thread - hire an OC you expect to name head coach early next season. That way, you can give him a tryout before going into next offseason with a coaching vacancy.

Diaco is so obviously not the answer, but that $5 million buyout is a lot to absorb for an athletic department that's bleeding money.
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Yeah, 'cause that worked out so well for TJ Weist.
 
UConn990411 said:
Different AD, and in hindsight he probably would have been better than what we currently have.
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I think Weist was in an impossible position. It would be the same for anyone who became OC for Diaco.
 
Jimdish255 said:
You sound just like Carrol O'Connor in Kelly's Heroes - lol
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If I'm Carrol O'Connor (General Colt), then Goofy Bob is Oddball. In fact, you've inspired me to present a short "if UConn football was Kelly's Heroes" allegorical drama. Imagine Goofy Bob is Oddball, "the tank" is the sport of football and Big Joe (Telly Savalas) is AD Benedict. Enjoy:
 
Based on our ADs lack of any public statement to this point, I'm pretty sure I'm done buying season tickets to any sport. I will spend my money elsewhere until he is also gone.
 
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