Key theme: People gettin' rich
Most folks received a 10% bump. Here are the details.
GENE CHIZIK receives a raise of $200k per year ($1.9 million ---> $2.1 million)GUS MALZAHN receives a raise of $150,000 per year ($350k ---> $500k)
TED ROOF RUSTED receives a raise of $37,000 per year ($370k ---> $407k)
TROOPER TAYLOR receives a raise of $32,000 per year ($320k ---> $352k)
TRACY ROCKER receives a raise of $30,000 per year ($300k ---> $330k)
JEFF GRIMES receives a raise of $29,000 per year ($290k ---> $319k)
CURTIS LUPER receives a raise of $26,000 per year ($260k ---> $286k)
TOMMY THIGPEN receives a raise of $25,000 per year ($250k ---> $275k)
JAY BOULWARE receives a raise of $21,000 per year ($210k ---> $231k)
PHILLIP LOLLEY receives a raise of $21,000 per year ($210k ---> $231k)
**My thoughts on this: Now, understand that I am someone who just ended my third one-week, mandatory, unpaid furlough during the past calendar calendar year. Many people in my tax bracket are feeling the sting of the country's economic
In that sense, throwing around 10 percent raises seems untoward.
There is justification. Surely this past football season stoked enthusiasm among the fan base. That leads to an increase in money raised, earned and gathered. So, in that sense, it's reasonable to give the football coaches a salary bump.
We all knew Malzahn was due. His alleged interest in jobs at Memphis and Louisiana Tech was far less serious than I expected, which led me to believe a lucrative financial package was being formulated behind the scenes. And that happened.
Still, a 42-percent raise? Seems unnecessarily steep to me.
Chizik now makes $2.1 million, which is reasonable given SEC context.
I always get skittish about re-upping contracts so soon. He signed the original deal a year ago, which provided him plenty of protection in the event Auburn elected to fire him before the contract's expiration. Had Auburn been awful last year, Jay Jacobs would not have approached Chizik to negotiate a lower buyout or salary.
Yet when Auburn plays (reasonably) well, Jacobs feels the need to sweeten Chizik's deal. It's reckless in a sense. Chizik isn't going anywhere. You know that. I know that. Jay Jacobs should know that.
Summary: Mostly reasonable. I don't think Malzahn deserves this kind of money yet.
Great to see you back!
ReplyDeleteIt's great to be back!
ReplyDeleteContinuing on something SteveFC discussed on the last thread (via Bleacher Report) ... it's unreasonable to believe Aycock is going to be better than ben Tate next season.
ReplyDeletePeople here don't underrate Ben Tate, but I think many Auburn people overlook how valuable that kid was last season. He was key, critical, paramount, etc.
I wouldn't mind 20% of Chizik's 20% raise...or a free cheeseburger would be nice.
ReplyDeleteGB, are you newish around here?
ReplyDeleteI do believe Malzahn deserves that kind of increase. The guy is going to be a very hot commodity if we are as successful as expected this coming season.
ReplyDeleteThe most interesting thing here is the contract extensions. From what I read, every coach got a contract extension and every coach has at least a two year contract. Most assistant coaches usually have one year contracts. I see this as a commitment by Auburn to football.
As for the justification for the raises, I view it like anything else. If the university will make more money because these guys are there, these guys should make more money too. It is the same reason professional players have outrageous salaries. It sounds outrageous, but if their presence causes their organization to make significantly more money, they deserve it. The same is true with the CEO salaries.
They all had two-year deals from the beginning. A few had three-year agreements.
ReplyDeleteAs said before welocme back JGT.
ReplyDeleteI think Auburn went a little over the line on Chizik and Mazahn but with the way money is being thrown around in college football it may have been necessary. Stability with the coaching staff is paramont for Auburn at this stage of the game. I never saw this kind of money nor these kind of raises but an Engineer rarely sees this in a life time.
Malzahn is a football coach with one full season as a true, solo offensive coordinator.
ReplyDeleteOne full season. One. Now he's one of the most highly paid assistants in the country.
I'm not hating. He did a nice job last season. Just saying ...
Aycock > Tate ... no evidence to suggest that. Jay G is right on this one. Aycock's video is nice, but let's hold off on that one.
ReplyDeleteOL and DL? Depth. Depth. Depth. It makes a difference.
Welcome aboard George Brown. Enjoy a great place for Auburn fans.
ReplyDeleteWomen beat Miss St 50-36 on the road. Glad to see them get a win.
ReplyDeleteBaseball, top of the 9th, Auburn up 6-1 over SEMO
ReplyDeleteDepth turned out to be adequate on the OL and DL this last season. There were concerns with the OL. If we had a couple of guys go down, it would have gotten ugly.
ReplyDeleteDepth and improvement will go hand in hand for the reset of the defense. At one point last season it looked like we would be fine with depth at DB, but injuries quickly changed that, even before the season started. Linebacker improvement should be significant.
Malzahn's raise is just like if Jay G was replaced by SteveFC. Somehow I think my internet informed rants wouldn't draw quite as many readers so I wouldn't make nearly as much money. Hopefully Jay G does get the recognition he deserves.
digger, Engineers do better than you may have experienced, but certainly not this high. I do make about 3 or 4 times the average family income in the U.S. It is just a matter of finding the right position. Also, working remotely for a place with a high cost of living definitely helps.
ReplyDeleteWinning at MSU is a meaningful thing.
ReplyDeleteBaseball wins, 6-1. Pretty good weekend of Auburn sports. (Except for the baseball season opener)
ReplyDeleteTrue SFC I always did pretty good just not what coaches make or get the type raises. Overall I was happy with what Auburn offered me and glad I took advantage of the opportunity.
ReplyDeleteI still can't believe MSU beat Ole Miss this last season. It is one of the reasons I am a bit concerned about playing them early on.
ReplyDeleteEveryone taking an early supper?
ReplyDeleteI'm cool with it. They aren't running a charity or a social republic. If AU has the money, they can spend it however the hell they want to. If they want to pay GA's 80k a year. Go ahead. What do I care? It's their money. They don't owe me anything except entertaining football. If they don't produce that, then they won't have the money anymore because nobody will be buying tickets. This is how it works.
ReplyDeleteAuburn wasn't selling out the home games last year, so it's not like Chizik et al. are turning water into wine.
ReplyDeleteWell, apparently they either have that kind of surplus to give these raises or have strong reason to believe they will have it. Not to mention the school that shall not be named has a staff budget 2X that of ours. However, I think the recent recruiting haul does lean toward miraculous. Maybe their proven prowess as recruiters combined with a better than expected season is reason to increase their worth?
ReplyDeleteI think Malzahn is worth it to keep him here for a few years. If Auburn is going to run this system, they don't need the teacher to bolt like a lot of OC's before him. Deserved or not, Gus could've been a HC this year if he wanted. I do believe that Trooper is learning to be the next OC if and when Gus leaves. This is my opinion of course.
ReplyDeleteAuburn will sell out home games next year though. AU fans aren't that different from any other, the band wagon will start to fill again if things continue. The excitement here is sky high again.
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of Auburn and money, I just sent in my TIgers Unlimited contribution for 8 tickets for next year! Not small change.
ReplyDeleteThe School That Shall Not Be Named just won the NC. They have money.
ReplyDeleteAuburn's staff has a great recruiting class and a pretty good regular season under its belt. If that's enough to get you excited and willing to throw a million dollars' worth of raises at the coaches, aiight.
I disagree that Gus could have been a head coach. I don't think he's ready and his track record doesn't suggest that he's ready.
ReplyDeleteI don't mean to sound like a hater. You all know me. This is a hot-button issue with me -- renegotiating new contracts when things go well for the coach, but don't renegotiate down when things go bad -- and it's a primary topic at Auburn right now.
But Jay, look at how much "that school" spent on salaries on the way to a National Championship. Sometimes you have to spend money to make money.
ReplyDeleteNot saying it is right, hubby will probably get a raise in the 2% range at best, but I think this is the real world of college football.
And I do agree that it is worth spending some money to keep Malzahn a bit longer while the other assistants learn this system.
But, what do I know? I just enjoy watching!
It's been 2 years since I had a raise and there's no certainty we'll get them this year. But, I have a job in a down market and I feel secure in my position so I'm not complaining too much. Football is big business. A lot of execs in big corporations make more than we think may be justified, but it is what it is. This isn't much different. But I do agree that it seems premature to renegotiate terms after your peeps just came out of the starting gate.
ReplyDeleteGlad to see you back G.
ReplyDeleteI think the coaches deserve what they got. Malzahn may not be ready for a head coaching job but I think some teams were/are ready to give him a chance. I agree with Cincy, sometimes you have to spend money to earn money. Auburn is consistently in the top 5-10 most profitable programs. So I think they should be one of the highest paying programs.
With all that said, I don't agree with reworking contracts right after they are signed. That's the way sports work so I'm ok with Auburn doing it.
I don't think 10% raises across the board is exactly "throwing millions"
ReplyDeleteHow many sellouts did Auburn have this year?
ReplyDeleteI know the Iron Bowl, but what other games were sellouts?
cincy,
ReplyDeleteThe difference from my perch is that "that school" went out and hired a proven National Championship caliber coach, and paid accordingly up front. Auburn took another approach, which may turn out to be brilliant. I think Jay's point is that since Auburn took a different approach that perhaps the significant bump in salary is a little reckless this early. I don't mean to speak for Jay, but that is what I gathered.
Even with these raises, I imagine this staff is making less than the previous staff. The Chiz is making significantly less than what Tuberville was making. The assistants are likely making a bit more than the previous staff.
ReplyDeleteThe thing is, I think this staff has shown a chemistry that we haven't seen in a long time at Auburn. CTT constantly changed coordinators. ChizCo is trying to buck that trend.
I know Malzahn's salary seems like a lot, but keep in mind there are some coordinators that make much more. The full Monte was making $1.2 Million in his first year at Tennessee. Boom is making $900K at Texas. The salaries are huge, but it goes with the trend.
Anybody heard about the Oregon player that was kicked off the team for what he posted on facebook?
ReplyDeleteWarning: Language....
Gone
USA already ahead of Canada in hockey, 40 seconds in.
ReplyDeleteYou are right, Phred.
ReplyDeleteIt's throwing a million. One.
I'd coach Auburn for a million..
ReplyDeleteI'd even believe in it and love it.
nice work, there Writer Tate.
ReplyDeletei turned to hockey in time to watch the first 41 seconds. Wow! Now back to downhill.
Last season was probably Malzahn's first stint as the sole offensive coordinator. At Arkansas, Nutt obviously had a lot of say in the offense. Malzahn was a co-offensive coordinator at Tulsa.
ReplyDeleteStill, the results of last season are undeniable. Auburn's offense started off vastly different than any Auburn team in recent memory, possibly back to the Jordan days. Definitely back to the Dye days.
The offense clicked from beginning. Over the last 30 years that has been very rare. Even in 2004, the offense didn't start off as well. Usually it would take a couple of games for our offense to develop the team chemistry. Heck, in 2007 I think it was around the Arkansas game in the second half of the season when I think the offense finally came together.
This offensive staff made a huge difference. The record is misleading because in terms of the offense, it was light and day from the previous season. Many, including people in here, thought we had no playmakers on offense in 2008. That was wrong. We just had one horrendous belly flop of an offensive staff that never developed any kind of Chemistry. By the end of the season, I could have put in a more creative game plan. Suddenly we have numerous playmakers, which says it wasn't the players, but the coaching.
FSJ, good for Oregon. The guy deserved to be kicked off the team in several ways. You don't criticize your team or coaches. You represent the university. Also, reading the language of the posts, it appears that the kid lacked the English skills to participate in a college environment. Yes, I see a career in the fast food industry coming for that kid.
ReplyDeleteFSJ - you may have caught me in a weak moment. I might actually consider coaching UA-T for $100 million. For $1 billion, I might even do it without hating every second of it.
ReplyDeletethis guy must be going to crash & burn
ReplyDeleteI can't stand ebonics (spelling?) or any other ignorant 'slang' but to see it written and to see it in text really annoys me. " Yudd dub n da heez yo wudda pudda b at fo fa yeeh ma." Sounds a lot like Eddie Murphy's as 'Buckwheat' and 'Wookin' Pa Nub' if you ask me, and college student no less.
ReplyDeleteLong time reader, but newish poster.
ReplyDeletewow, he didn't. I have no idea why they were showing that dude.
ReplyDeleteyep, welcome George. didn't we say hello a few weeks ago, maybe around NSD?
ReplyDeleteTHT, I hope you're cheering against Crosby tonight.
ReplyDeleteGB, welcome to our abode!
ReplyDeleteWhere is the hockey game on the tele?
ReplyDeleteHockey = MSNBC.
ReplyDeleteI don't understand that programming decision.
George Brown, say no to lurking! It's so much more fun on the other side.
ReplyDeleteGeorge....are you the guy that started "The People's National Championship" Poll?
ReplyDeleteUSA! USA! USA!
ReplyDeleteYes, Writer Tate. I'm pulling for the USA. But only because the CSA didn't send a team ;-)
The Olympics have screwed up my regular CNBC viewing too. I am not sure why they considered CNBC appropriate.
ReplyDeleteWelcome back Jay. I really missed you and your excellent accounts of all things Auburn. I have mixed emotions about the pay raises. Welcome George Brown. Good to have you aboard.
ReplyDeleteTHT, do you live in North Carolina?
ReplyDeleteI've got a buddy from Pitt and were gonna try and go to the Pens and Thrashers in the Atl.
yes, EZ. Chapel Hill. Tar Heel born, and Tar Heel bred, and when I die I'll be Tar Heel dead. But I'm 100% Auburn.
ReplyDeleteChapell Hill is a beautiful city, but cell phone reception use to really stink there.
ReplyDeleteski cross on NBC during the MSNBC hockey intermission. Sure beats ice dancing.
ReplyDeleteIce dancing?
ReplyDeleteGirls better be hot because there's nothing else to watch there.
I'd rather watch men's curling, even if the ice dancers are hot.
ReplyDeleteCollege football and politics aren't all that different.
ReplyDeleteIn the world of politics (particularly elective politics), it boils down to the three things: message, momentum and money. Manage those three successfully and you're likely to be a winner.
As for Auburn football, the momentum these days is positive (regardless of what's happening in Tuscaloosa). The message we want to send reinforces our message. Hence, the money spent on our staff.
I will say that Gus did a good, not great, job. He must improve the play-calling side of the work. However, he is a major recruiting draw to our program.
Dealing with the Gus rumors will be a continuing issue, but we attacked the best way possible. We've made it more difficult for him to leave or another OC job. He'll get a head coaching job one day, but it will take a few years because he was the guy who was coaching high school five years ago.
As for the head coach, he's being rewarded for early sacrifice -- taking less money in order to spend a little more for the staff -- and for creating positive momentum in 15 months. Auburn football is much better off than it was after the disaster of 2008.
The money spent says so.
rats
ReplyDeletenot a soul anywhere near the Canadian
ReplyDeleteI'm watching this hockey game because of the significance. I still have very little idea what's going on in the game of hockey but have thoroughly enjoyed every Thrashers game I've attended.
ReplyDeleteIt's cold in here. I'm going to have to turn up the thermostat a few degrees (don't tell MrsTHT) so Molly and I can enjoy our ice cream.
ReplyDeleteLooks ragged (it should), but feels like playoff hockey.
ReplyDeleteHockey is interesting. My classification of somethign being a sport requires a ball being involved, but hockey gets an exception. A puck is close enough.
ReplyDeleteBesides, any sport where the players are given sticks to wack each other with is a sport to me.
Jay made a good point about Ben Tate earlier. I think we will really miss him this coming season. He wasn't the best runningback we have had, but he was very solid and could be counted upon. We need to find a similar go to guy this next season.
ReplyDeleteI absolutely heart hockey.
ReplyDeleteYESS!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI heart playing hockey, and watching it in person is pretty great, but watching it in TV is a good bit lower on my list.
ReplyDeleteBut I'm still watching this game.
watching, playing, dreaming...I'll take hockey any way I can get it.
ReplyDeleteHow 'bout that Combined gold for Bode?!
I think I like skiing more than hockey, especially the downhill.
Tate will be missed for sure next year. He did a GREAT job for what he was called on to do. I just think the offense will have a different look next year. A mobile QB and RB's that are not classified as a power runner will not allow teams to look at last years film and think they have this team figured out from a personnel standpoint.
ReplyDeleteJet is correct on his point about Malzahn and his late game play calling. That needs to change. Maybe it will in 2010.
ReplyDeleteI still find it hard to follow the puck at fast shots like that.
ReplyDeleteIt's fun watching a good team play hockey again, the Lightning have been bad for quite a while now.
ReplyDeleteUSA > Canada? Could it be?
ReplyDeleteKilling the power play was huge ... but it ain't over yet.
ReplyDeleteAnd another penalty.
ReplyDeleteAldo Nova as the bumper music!
ReplyDeleteOf course USA>Canada Jay G, now if your asking if USA is better at hockey that is more questionable.
ReplyDeleteWhat defense and goaltending there.
I see where UF dismissed one of there top recruits from last year that reshirted.
ReplyDeletehttp://espn.go.com/blog/sec/post/_/id/9104/florida-boots-brown-from-the-team
Damn't
ReplyDeleteARRRRGH!
ReplyDeletehow many periods do they play in hockey?
ReplyDelete3
ReplyDeleteWell that makes this part even more interesting.
ReplyDeleteTremendously tremendous!! Kind of like great great.
ReplyDeleteBob Davie wannabe doing color on hockey - "this has been tremendously tremendous..."
ReplyDeleteEZ beat me to it but we're of the same mind.
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ReplyDeleteGOAL.
ReplyDeleteThat was getting tense.
Empty net goals are tremendously tremendous and magically delicious.
ReplyDeleteAre the canada fans booing?
ReplyDeleteThat was great game.
ReplyDeleteCan we have our Gold now?
ReplyDeleteCome on we beat Canada we deserve it.
that was playoff caliber hockey. Excitingly exciting. Wow.
ReplyDeleteNice looking blond as USA leaves the ice.
ReplyDeleteJet is spot on. Gus is getting a raise for as much for being our OC as he is for being the main attraction in recruiting. Like it or not, we are getting tons of offensive kids interested because of Gus.
ReplyDeleteJust saw the replay of Jagr getting destroyed today.
ReplyDeleteAs someone who always hated him when he played for the Pens... it didn't hurt my feelings.
you take that back, wakerider. Jags is, or was, a super hockey player who played clean hockey.
ReplyDeleteHow about stinky stinky, huge huge or giganticaly gigantic?
ReplyDeleteCelebrating USA victory with Honey Nut Cheerios and chocolate milk.
ReplyDeleteCerealy cereal.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know MJ Fox was from Canadia. Huh. Love me some Trailer Park Boys though.
ReplyDeleteremind me not to watch hockey when I should be attending HABOTN duties.
ReplyDelete"ARRRRGH!"???!!! That's the best you could do, Jet?
What we got here is some MILKY MILK!
ReplyDeleteI agree with the posts about Malzahn being an attraction for players looking hard at AU. Perception is reality and kids think he has a great offense and the numbers from last year proved that they can put some yardage together. even with a team that was not recruited to run this offense. Will it gain momentum? I think so. I think next years team puts up better numbers than this years team. If so, Gus will have deserved the raise (I guess). From someone that is self employed, I say get all you can get now. I always want someone to pay me what I am worth or at better yet, what i think I am worth.
ReplyDeleteCan I buy you a beery beer? I could go on forever.
ReplyDeleteJet - I will give you half credit for having the correct number of letters.
ReplyDeleteCanada (our hat) just G O T S O M E
ReplyDeleteand glad your back G.
ReplyDeleteEndeavour just touched down. Decades old technology but still way cool in my opinion.
ReplyDeleteUSA USA USA
ReplyDeleteGet some Canadian Azzfornow let us say what a team effort.
we've got more hockey tonight! I better go put a few minutes (of the 10,318 it's going to take) into cleaning my office before the next puck drops.
ReplyDeleteI just walked in on ice dancing, that had to be the saddest thing I've ever seen.
ReplyDeleteSo due to that and the fact that I have to be up early for my first day on the new job tomorrow I'm going to call it a night. Sleep tight hotties everywhere.
I called it. I said if team USA could score more goals than team Canada then they would win. Take me to Vegas.
ReplyDeleteGood luck Wake, 1st days are always a little nerve racking.
ReplyDeleteNorm, it always gives me chills to watch takeoffs and landings. I worked in Huntsville from 1962 to 1974. the first years I was working on ground support equipment for comples 39. the last 3 I worked on the External Tank and Solid Roket boosters. Mainly in Avionics.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with the new job, Wake.
ReplyDeleteI'm sorry you'll be missing hockey from Midnight>2:30 EST.
I'm guessing the first intermission will last too long for me to make it to the 2nd period.
Lebo ... Suckingly sucky.
ReplyDelete"Complex 39" dang fingers
ReplyDeleteHABOTN -- Substantially substantive.
ReplyDeleteJhag -- Exuberantly exuberant
Hoopie -- Irascibly irascible
Phred -- Zenfully Zen
WTC -- Ignorantly ignorant of recruiting
HABOTN -- Substantially substantive.
ReplyDeleteJhag -- Exuberantly exuberant
Hoopie -- Irascibly irascible
Phred -- Zenfully Zen
WTC -- Ignorantly ignorant of recruiting
Jet -- repetitively repetitive
ReplyDeleteTHT ... if it makes you feel any better my childhood dog's name was ... BEASLEY!
ReplyDeleteJet - 9:38 was your best effort.
ReplyDeleteI was loading the dishwasher, what was sad about the ice skating?
ReplyDeleteI never know if people believe me when someone says something and I was about to say the same thing so I say " i was just about to say that!"...yall know what im sayin?
ReplyDeleteYes I do - GET SOME!
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed it, kids. Great win, USA ... super effort by the goalie.
ReplyDeleteSleep. Get some.
Tomorrow... jury duty.
Jet - guiltily guilty. Just remember that and your hometown will thank you.
ReplyDeleteIs it safe to say Dear Leader is the biggest mystery of the HABOTN? his facebook is a picture of the default dude and only has friended 2 from the habotn society
ReplyDeleteWelcome back JayG.
ReplyDeleteI didn't trash Man U while you were gone, but Everton definitely did. I wasn't happy about it.
So it goes.
FSJ, yes, that would be me. I started FansPoll which crowns The People's National Champion. Some people might remember us from after Auburn's 2004 season. We're still going strong too. Looks like we'll be visiting Nick Saban in April to present the award.
ReplyDeleteGoodnight HOTTIES. Been reading along tonight. Had nothing to say about hockey and such, just enjoyed reading what each of you had to say. Is it football season yet?
ReplyDeletenoight
ReplyDeleteGood morning, Hotties!
ReplyDeleteJay is back with HABOTN, all is right with the world :)
Good morning Cincy & all the Hotties.
ReplyDeleteJet, re: 9:38, that's redemptive.
I'd rather have dinner & a movie today. Instead, I'm stuck with prison & a meeting. Y'all have a great day/evening.
Malzahn is a football coach with one full season as a true, solo offensive coordinator.
ReplyDeleteOne full season. One. Now he's one of the most highly paid assistants in the country.
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More than any other coach (including Chiz) Malzahn has Auburn fans excited about Auburn football. That excitement *helped* to land what was (on paper) Auburn best recruiting class since that kind or thing started being measured.
I haven't done any sort of indepth analysis, but I went to more games this year because I wanted to see that offense in person, and I'd imagine I'm not alone in that.
Even before Saban won a single game at Bama, he justified his salary because he excited the Bama fan base.
Excitement doesn't necessarily equal wins, but it does equal money. Trust me...Auburn is getting the better end of the deal in the Auburn/Malzahn relationship at THIS point.
Good morning, peeps.
ReplyDeleteWe'll have some Gene Chizik Substance® today around 2 p.m. CST. We'll check in with him about the raises, the newcomers, his team, the debate about Pluto not being a proper planet.
All the tough stuff ...
OT for your roto baseball types ...
ReplyDeleteAnibal Sanchez: Good or bad?
Boy, I am old...or uninformed. I had to look up roto baseball and Anibal Sanchez!
ReplyDeleteHABOTN enlarges my world.
Anibal the Cannibal!
ReplyDeletePluto got a raw deal
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure Chizik agrees with you, Scott. He said in a 2005 interview (while at Texas) that he considered Pluto a dwarf planet -- just like the large asteroid Ceres and 2003 UB313, nicknamed "Xena."
ReplyDeleteI lost the link.
Bode Miller gave up alcohol for Lent and went and won a gold medal. Funny the way it is...
ReplyDeleteMorning Hotties
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday and good luck on the first day on the job to Wake. Try not to shoot anyone today, shooting someone on your first day is just bad form.
Jason - good looking kid and more hair than your last avatar as I recall. Good points.
Pluto had it comin'. No way, no way that's a real planet. Go find another pip-squeak planet galaxy and cry to them, maybe they'll take you in.
Another off-topic nugget here, but interesting.
ReplyDeleteKhalil Greene, the former Clemson shortstop, won't report to the Rangers on Tuesday as scheduled due to continuing anxiety issues.
Another MLB guy, Joey Votto, missed a month last season because of anxiety.
It's becoming a problem.
I gave up meat for Lent.
ReplyDeleteCan't believe it. Today is Day Six sans le boeuf. Didn't think I could go one day ... let alone 40.
i agree with Jason.
ReplyDeleteJay- Technically speaking, you are allowed to have meat on Sunday's.
ReplyDeleteHow much of a problem? In which sport is it more prevalent?
ReplyDeleteI get nervous and perhaps anxious about a lot of things work related. From time to time, this causes fairly significant loss of sleep for a few nights. I still get up and go to work everyday. Don't get me wrong, I'm not diminishing legitimate mental issues but I'm not sure I understand that that's what this is.
No, I'm technically not because I'm challenging myself to go 40 days without.
ReplyDeleteI may not have given up meat for Lent, but...
ReplyDeleteI don't roll on shabbos.
Good morning, Hotties. I hate Mondays. But, I'm taking the day off on Friday, so that's something to look forward to.
ReplyDeleteYou all know how I feel about big money, so I'm not going to even comment on the raises...we didn't get a raise last year and this year my raise was 50 cents. I make exactly $2.54 more than I did when I started here six years ago. But, like Norm said, I am just very grateful to have a job.
Hope you do it Jay G. Just don't turn PETA Rep on us :).
ReplyDeleteHopefully Easter will be warmer than in years past. Hate to buy the girls the pretty dresses only to have to have them wearing heavy jackets over them.
According to ehyou's Big Board®, Sanchez is slotted at #96 among SP.
ReplyDeleteMost everyone is all for the ethical treatment of animals, so why does PETA have to be such a bunch of fruit loops?
ReplyDeleteI'm for the ethical treatment of ME.
ReplyDeleteI think I need a caffeine IV. I just can't wake up today.
ReplyDeleteSeanzie,
ReplyDeleteI am the same way! I have been out of bed since 5:15 and have had a shower - you'd think I would be awake by now. Blame it on the weather - the weather is responsible for lots of things!
Seanzie and Cincy, just be glad you don't have my problem...
ReplyDeleteWhich problem is that?
ReplyDeleteIdiopathic hypersomnia
ReplyDeleteI know a guy that was convinced that he had that same condition. Turns out he had sleep apnea. Weird for a guy who's only 25 and isn't excessively overweight.
ReplyDeleteI had a sleep study and sleep apnea was ruled out. I had a MSLT study (nap study) the next day and that's when the doctor determined that I had idiopathic hypersomnia. He said they call it idiopathic because they don't know what causes it.
ReplyDelete@Eddie: Anyone who eats meat DISGUSTS me. [/end peta rant]
ReplyDeleteTidbit from local newspaper. McCann, catcher for the Braves, spent last year with vision problems. Blurred vision and sometimes seeing two balls coming at him. He had his second laser sugery in the offseason and it worked. Said he is really looking forward to this year.
ReplyDeleteWith the good year he had last year with the problem this year should be something else.
I think Gustav is worth every dime. The only thing that worries me is a repeat of the Tub/Petrino disaster.
ReplyDeleteAU became infatuated with its fancy OC and always wanted him back. Could the same thing happen here?
Mornin' HOTTIEs, and welcome back JGT.
ReplyDeleteOn the salaries topic: with the recently announced bumps, AU's total budget for coaches now exceeds $5 mill (including Chiz's $2.1 large). In 2008 the combined total was just north of $4.7 - more than half of which was Tubs' alone ($2.825 to be precise).
Possibly overlooked in this equation is the fact that AU's annual revenue from the insane TV contract signed in '08 has increased by roughly 180 percent - that's a whopping $9+ million more each and every year than 2008's old record payout of $5.3 mill.
Just like with the Fed'ral Gummint: more money available = inflation.
I would highly suggest reading Eagle 5's essay on shifting the coaching paradigm.
ReplyDeleteIt appears Jay Jacobs did.
http://auburneagle.com/Eagle5/
So, with all that money, why do they have to raise ticket prices and tuition every year?
ReplyDeleteNice Jay G. Good thing I hunt and fish. Peta loves me.
ReplyDeleteJay G is back! Woohoo!
ReplyDeleteAubie, I'm not good with numbers. Can you give me the Cliff's Notes version?
ReplyDeleteTuition is not involved. Different bank account.
ReplyDeletePhred, that's the same reason we got here at the hospital to justify spending $90+ million on a new bed tower when we were running in the red. I don't understand it.
ReplyDeleteLuv - isn't your hospital one of the non-profit's in the area?
ReplyDeleteI am sure Malzahn used the courtship of other schools to increase his salary. That sound familiar?
ReplyDeleteThanks for the link, Aubie. That article points out what I have long believed, which is that head coaches get too big of a piece of the pie, which is why you see so much turnover at the coordinator positions. Guys that are best suited to be coordinators are forced to seek a head coaching position, because that is where the money is. Hopefully things are changing.
ReplyDeleteMJT - yes, it sounds like The Courtship of Eddie's Father.
ReplyDeleteJury duty numbingly numb ... Managed to avoidingly avoid grand jury service.
ReplyDeleteMichael, using other employers seeking your services is how any job works. It is part of what makes capitalism work. These days you see a lot of it going on in the banking sector with major firms fighting for analysts.
ReplyDeleteaubie, i said that the day malzhan was hired. what happens the day he leaves if he is wildly successful after 2-3 years. AU fans will want more...
ReplyDeleteIf Auburn continues to increase Malzahn's salary like this, he might think twice about leaving. Sure, a head coaching position could mean more than $500k, but as his salary approaches $1M, the value of taking a head coaching position changes. Being a head coach is far different than being a coordinator. Job security as a head coach depends a lot upon your coordinators. It makes a lot of sense to pay coordinators better because they basically help to make the head coaches job more secure.
ReplyDeleteNorm, yes.
ReplyDeleteLuv - simple version: they are two separate entities. Auburn the school and Auburn the athletic department; two separate businesses. The only way one gets the other's money is in the form of a gift or loan.
ReplyDeleteThe athletic department should feel obligated, if overloaded with cash, to funnel much of that "surplus" to the university's academic endeavors.
ReplyDeleteAfter all, they have the same aim: To educate students. Right?
And they do from time to time. Probably not enough, but it does happen.
ReplyDeleteJay, while that is true, they also have the goal of making more money, which would allow for even more education. It is a question of whether the added salaries will bring about results and increase income.
ReplyDeleteI think this would make a great story this summer.
ReplyDeleteAuburn U. is a non-profit organization.
Something tells me Auburn U.'s athletic department, like all the others across the SEC, are for-profit. How does that affect their tax status, etc.?
This is intriguing to me.
I think this would make a great story this summer.
ReplyDeleteAuburn U. is a non-profit organization.
Auburn U.'s athletic department, like all the others across the SEC, appears to be a for-profit enterprise. How does that affect tax status, etc.?
This is intriguing to me.
I don't think the Athletic Department is for profit, is it? If there isn't an owner or group of shareholders getting the extra money, I think it is still nonprofit. Right? I don't know anything. Ask me Newton's second law of motion.
ReplyDeleteWhat about your business?
ReplyDeleteBusiness has been hit hard lately. The deal in Rio went south. I have been making ends meet by giving batting stance lessons.
ReplyDeleteNever ask me about my business.
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