Under/Over Number of wins Diaco needs to avoid getting canned

[brasssbonanzaa]

Buyout is $3.4M on 1/1/17

 

[nelsonmuntz]

Benedict's First Big Move At UConn: Extending Diaco's Contract Through 2020

Buyout drops to $1.7 million on 1/1/18. He is here until that date.

I expect football games to become quiet, intimate affairs for friends and families of the players by next season.

 

[RSTuthill]

he is here through the end of 2017. There is NO way he is leaving before then. You people need to get a grip.

Yup. That is my read. What happens next weekend vs. Cincinnati should be very interesting nonetheless.

 

[RSTuthill]

Cincinnati lost at home to Houston 40-16. So this will indeed be interesting. Should be a very winnable game especially with the added days off to heal.

 

[NavinRJohnson]

Cincinnati lost at home to Houston 40-16. So this will indeed be interesting. Should be a very winnable game especially with the added days off to heal.

That score is very deceiving. Cincinnati lead early in the fourth quarter.

 

[Tenspro2002]

It should be 6. It'll probably be 4.

I like what some other school did (forget which one), which was to build in a clause in the coach's contract that they get a bonus or a salary increase if they make it to a P5 conference. Like it or not, for the survival of the athletic program, that has to be part of the job description of the football coach. Not just win games, but build a fanbase, draw eyeballs (locally and nationally), and dispel the idea that this is a small-time, meek, and embarrassing football program.

 

[Palatine]

4 wins, he get fired, 5 wins he is retained.

 

[Jimdish255]

4 could go either way but 3 puts a lot of pressure on for change and dries up support on multiple fronts.

 

[FfldCntyFan]

I'm confident that Diaco is safe (save some very stupid extracurricular incident) through at least the end of the 2017 season.

I imagine DB has stray conversations with BD on the progress of the program. I would wager that this off season there will be serious conversations about the direction of the program that will include suggestions from DB on how to expedite the path to the top of the conference. How BD reacts to these suggestions and how realistic post 2017 progress appears based on 2017 results will be the keys to DB's decision at the end of 2017.

 

[J187Money]

Confirmed

So the buyout on 1/1/17 is $3.4M. Still a lot, but not $5M.

I would expect he gets another year, but I think that Benedict will have a lot to say about his coordinators / style.

 

[uconNYC]

It's early but with a new coach UCF looks a credible side. The right coach and system can change things in a hurry in college football.