Coach Mac gets a raise

[GatorJ]

750K bump. Now the fifth highest paid coach in the SEC.

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...new-contract-latest-details-comments-reaction

 

[t-gator]

Best AD in the country, boys! Who are we outbidding for this guy?

 

[alcoholica]

Best AD in the country, boys! Who are we outbidding for this guy?

Probably trying to keep him happy for when Saban leaves in a year or two

 

[t-gator]

Probably trying to keep him happy for when Saban leaves in a year or two

Or the patriots. We probably are just trying not to lose him to bama or a top nfl job. Makes sense because his offense just really lit it up last year.

 

[CaribGator]

I think Mac will be a better coach than the dawg. But we just went down this road giving raises and extending contracts to a coach that hadn't proved himself, and we got burned bad. Put me in the Fooley doesn't learn camp on this one.

 

[LagoonGator68]

In depth article

 

[Double Gator Dad]

Whoever wrote the article is clueless. He talked about the adjustments that Treon will need to make as QB this year. Nothing like being in the know.

 

[alcoholica]

Or the patriots. We probably are just trying not to lose him to bama or a top nfl job. Makes sense because his offense just really lit it up last year.

If you can't see what an accomplishment it was to win the East with that squad, you may want to stop watching football all together.

 

[EyeDocGator]

I think Mac will be a better coach than the dawg. But we just went down this road giving raises and extending contracts to a coach that hadn't proved himself, and we got burned bad. Put me in the Fooley doesn't learn camp on this one.

I have no problem with the raise. Remember Mac is giving up a significant portion of his salary to pay off Colorado State. Just don't extend his contract until he has proven himself.

 

[BMF]

Foley probably eliminated any buyout clauses and guaranteed the money, no matter how either parts ways or who he goes to coach for....I heard there's even a bonus if he goes to a rival school and gets one of our commits or heavy leans to commit to his new school!

Seriously, this is way premature. If anything they should have added that $750K to the assistants pool. Not that they have done anything (yet) to deserve it, but there are position coaches in the SEC making more than our OC & DC.

 

[G8RATL]

smells a bit like Muschimp's way too early extension

 

[GatorJ]

In depth article

It is bleacher report

 

[RocketCityGator]

I can't get past the way the year ended and the way Mac coached the bowl game. So it's hard for me to rationalize a raise but if it's necessary to keep from turning over coaches, ok maybe. But after Chumps contract fiasco, hell no to a contract extension.

 

[T REX]

If you can't see what an accomplishment it was to win the East with that squad, you may want to stop watching football all together.

Worst SEC East in the history of going to two divisions. Tallest midget. Got obliterated vs Bama.

 

[MJMGator]

First we b*tch about how our HC's salary isn't in line with the rest of the conference. Then after he wins the East with no QB, we b*tch about giving him a raise that brings him up to par with his current accomplishments.

 

[maheo30]

Shouldn't we see if he is going to actually succeed before we go giving the new coach more monies?

 

[GatorBart]

Whoever wrote the article is clueless. He talked about the adjustments that Treon will need to make as QB this year. Nothing like being in the know.

Agreed - that's pretty lame. He's a young guy, but that doesn't excuse making such an error when everyone even remotely familiar with Gator Football knows Treon is no longer in the QB mix.

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[LagoonGator68]

Shouldn't we see if he is going to actually succeed before we go giving the new coach more monies?

That's old school, private enterprise thinking.....get with the new "process".

 

[Concrete Helmet]

Worst SEC East in the history of going to two divisions. Tallest midget. Got obliterated vs Bama.

I truly can't argue with this. I think the East has been down for a while and will remain so for the next year or so. The way we played in the last 4 or 5 games felt almost as bad as 2013 to me. Harbaugh took a team that wasn't that much better if at all, well besides QB, and shoved a football up our asses....The Jimbo Circus Show all but shut us out AT HOME with his worst team in 4 years...Bama slept walked thru us on their way to another NC, and we were a missed PI call away from losing at home to a 2 win team in the 11th game. I'm more than a little worried about carryover into this year....

 

[T REX]

First we b*tch about how our HC's salary isn't in line with the rest of the conference. Then after he wins the East with no QB, we b*tch about giving him a raise that brings him up to par with his current accomplishments.

I think it was the assistants salaries. I could be mistaken but Mac is an unproven commodity still. Does this add to his buyout?

The East is/was flat out dog crap. Winning the East really wasn't that big of an accomplishment. He went something like 2-4 vs ranked teams and was destroyed by Bama and Michigan. Let's slow it down a little. I heard all this same crap about Muschamp after the 11-1 near national title season he had.