Don't Cry For me.......

[divots]

According to the Louisville newspapers, although Coach Walz had himself a pretty good post-season run he lost out on some pretty hefty spare cash…….

In the bank:
Base salary: $1,475,000
ACC Co-Champs: $40,000
NCAA Sweet 16: $50,000
Elite 8: $20,000
Total: $1,585,000

UConn stole:
NCAA Final 4: $100,000
NCAA Champs: $200,000

Still eligible:
AP or WBCA Coach of the Year: $50,000
Team Academic Progress Rate Score of at least 950 and cumulative team GPA of at least 3.0: $50,000

Lucky assistants:
Assistant coaches will receive bonuses worth 1/12 of their respective salaries for Louisville's participation in the NCAA Tournament.

June Sweetener:
Last June Louisville extended Walz's contract through 2025 and gave him a pay bump of $325,000.

Future windfall:
One can only imagine the wheelbarrow filled with cash & bonuses that Tennessee will wheel in front of him!

 

[UcMiami]

I know the rumors are rampant, but I still wonder why he would leave a program he has built from the ground up and where he has been treated very well by the University and the community as well.

TN will continue for a long time being someone else's program that he is caretaking - seems a strange choice to make.

 

[ConnecticutBB]

I know the rumors are rampant, but I still wonder why he would leave a program he has built from the ground up and where he has been treated very well by the University and the community as well.

TN will continue for a long time being someone else's program that he is caretaking - seems a strange choice to make.

Well stated..

 

[meyers7]

I know the rumors are rampant, but I still wonder why he would leave a program he has built from the ground up and where he has been treated very well by the University and the community as well.

TN will continue for a long time being someone else's program that he is caretaking - seems a strange choice to make.

Agree it makes no sense. Not saying he won't, but it makes no sense.

He'd be stepping down in program. Stepping down in League. I can't see TN bumping his salary up. And he's from KY.

 

[CL82]

Agree it makes no sense. Not saying he won't, but it makes no sense.

Unless of course this is just posturing for Louisville bump in salary. Then it makes perfect sense.

 

[DEpup]

Yeah I don't see him making that crazy of a decision. I see them picking an up and coming coach...Although Whalen did a great job with MN in her first year so a recent professional retiree could be appealing...

 

[Dokey]

I know the rumors are rampant, but I still wonder why he would leave a program he has built from the ground up and where he has been treated very well by the University and the community as well.

TN will continue for a long time being someone else's program that he is caretaking - seems a strange choice to make.

I would think you would want to build your own legend at Louisville and not walk in the shadow of Pat at Tennessee. Staying at UConn didn't hurt Geno.

 

[JavaMan]

Yeah I don't see him making that crazy of a decision. I see them picking an up and coming coach...Although Whalen did a great job with MN in her first year so a recent professional retiree could be appealing...

Whalen was born in Minnesota, grew up in Minnesota, played HS ball in Minnesota, played college ball in Minnesota, played pro ball in Minnesota, and now coaches in Minnesota. Her next move will likely be Governor of Minnesota. -

 

[Bama fan]

Whalen was born in Minnesota, grew up in Minnesota, played HS ball in Minnesota, played college ball in Minnesota, played pro ball in Minnesota, and now coaches in Minnesota. Her next move will likely be Governor of Minnesota. -

Can we vote for her on the BY? It might take some extreme gerrymandering, but I'm in.

 

[PacoBlaze]

Whalen was born in Minnesota, grew up in Minnesota, played HS ball in Minnesota, played college ball in Minnesota, played pro ball in Minnesota, and now coaches in Minnesota. Her next move will likely be Governor of Minnesota. -

Not to be political, but Jesse "The Body" Ventura made it to the Minnesota Governor's Mansion so she should be a shoo-in