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Message: [QUOTE="CamrnCrz1974, post: 2935325, member: 1052"] When Gail Goestenkors was being courted by Texas and offering more money, then-AD Joe Alleva said this about her: [I]Compared to the top tier of coaches in the women's game, however, Goestenkors' salary does not stack up. Tennessee's Pat Summitt is the highest-paid coach in women's college basketball at an average of $1.125 million guaranteed over six seasons, and Geno Auriemma's contract with Connecticut guarantees him $988,000 per year. [Coach G made less than $500,000 at the time] "They've both won a lot of national championships and are part of programs that make money for their institutions. They bring in profit for their athletic departments, and that's not the case for our women's program," Alleva said. "I'm sure some of these other institutions will offer significantly large packages to encourage her to go.[/I] [URL='https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2007/03/would-coach-g-leave-duke']LINK[/URL] After she left for Texas, Joe Alleva hired Joanne P. McCallie and made proclomations about McCallie not just equaling, but surpassing the success and accomplishments of Goestenkors and having McCallie do what she (Goestenkors) did not do — win the national title. So yes, I think it is perfectly fair to compare McCallie to her predecessor, when her predecessor was publicly derided for what she did not do (instead of being praised for building a program from nothing) and how she (McCallie) was being brought in to take Duke over the hump and accomplish what her predecessor did not. [/QUOTE]

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