I'm worried about this. Frost has made a big deal at UCF about his position coaches getting paid for the great job they are doing. He's even taken less money so more goes into theirs. If UF goes cheap on position coaches like they normally do, it could turn him off.
It's amazing how simplistic so many of these coaches and AD's view this. Frost isn't just some tremendously benevolent guy who thinks of others first at all times. He's smart enough to recognize that in any performance business, his long term pay is going to be dependent on his team's overall accomplishments, which is directly tied to his assistants. So he gives up peanuts here and there, knowing that he'll receive ten fold on both his current contract, as well as his future employment. All the while gaining the reputation of a good guy who people should want to work for. That's the type of vision that we've lacked and desperately need.
I know the reputation is that we went cheap on assistants. But JM was making 4.5 per year. With any measure of common business sense(that notion probably went out the window with his CSU buyout, but still) he could've reduced his salary marginally and landed better support staff. Do that, and he may still be employed. Instead, like the clown he is, he either lets them be cheap on his assistants budget, or is downright cheap/greedy himself and as a result, is the goat of college football right now.
In short, I think the HC has more say in this than we often think. Stricklin isn't going to intentionally handicap his first big hire by not allowing him to bring in quality support staff. I truly don't see it.
