ULM TO LOSE COACH IN WIDESPREAD SALARY ADJUSTMENT
University of Louisiana-Monroe coach Charlie Weatherbie is celebrating for a few reasons. Sure, he’s got reason to pop the bubbly because his team beat the Alabama Crimson Tide 21-14 on Saturday. But Weatherbie has 4 million other reasons to celebrate–namely, that he’s going to be paid a salary commensurate to his record after beating the 4 million dollar man himself, Nick Saban.
Give the man a monkey. And his 4 million dollars. “According to the win, I’m undervalued by 97 percent of what I should be paid,” said Weatherbie, who earns a mere $130,000 as the coach of the Warhawks. “I’m looking forward to being paid what I’m truly owed and living out one of my lifelong dreams: buying a monkey, and then training it to smoke and drink beer.”
ULM had no formal statement in response to Weatherbie’s demands, but off-the-record sources were quoted as saying that “there was no fucking way” they could pay Weatherbie’s new salary, citing the fact that “paying almost one-tenth of our total budget to a 5-6 football coach would be completely fucking insane.”
Weatherbie, though, is confident something could be worked out. “Perhaps they could sell some land or something. I don’t know. Have a bake sale. Charlie wants his monkey, and it’s time to give him some bananas for all his hard work. Tell the sob stories to my agent, pencilnecks. Bananas, motherfuckers.”
Weatherbie’s not the only one making cash from the hash of the Crimson Tide’s loss. With Saban’s wage skewing all coaching salaries, agents are rushing to the gates to demand audiences with ADs across the nation.
“It’s criminal that with six wins and a likely defeat in the Iron Bowl to come, my client is skimping along on $1.5 million dollars a year,” said Kyle Torvald, agent for Kansas coach Mark Mangino. “At the very least, the going rate for a win on a mere 4 million dollars a year as Alabama’s paying would take Mark Mangino up to $8 million a year, enough to pay for the pangolin flesh and whole pickled beluga whales that fuel his championship gameplanning.”
Torvald paused, and looked pointedly at the back of the room where Kansas AD Lew Perkins stood. He then said, “And if Kansas doesn’t want to put quality lye-infused whalemeat on Mark Mangino’s bloodstained sideboard of victory, we’re sure someone else will.”
The inflationary effect still “pales in comparison to what most CEOs make,” says economist Kevin Bridesworthy of the Brookings Institute, “but it’s catching up.”
“Soon we’ll see coaches begin to make demands they previously couldn’t dream of: sedan chairs, private brothels, payment in bricks of platinum, stacks of euros, private jets, you name it. They’re gonna have it,” says Bridesworthy, who also pointed out that Saban, building on his own contract’s record-setting salary, could reasonably expect to renegotiate his own contract in the coming months to reach a $10-12 million dollar level on salary based on the overall increase.
The other form could even include custom luxury goods in the form of dedicated staff to manage the whims and likes of coaches. Les Miles’ pending contract at Michigan includes an office stocked with its own private taffy-making machine and taffymakers on staff. When asked about the deal, Miles had no comment besides, “Mmmm, taffy.”
Weatherbie’s agent, Jimmy Sexton, is giddy with anticipation. “Certainly, the Saban deal establishes a level more in line with a coach’s actual value to an organization. But it’s really just a start. My client clearly is just as capable of going 6-6 as someone making 4 million dollars a year; why not reward him thusly?” asks Sexton, who also represents Nick Saban and negotiated the original $4 million dollar deal with Alabama.
And while the salary race is set to begin, Weatherbie’s already living the dream.
“I really don’t care where they get the money. I just want that monkey. He’s gonna be funny as shit, right? Beer in his hand, cigarette in the other. Maybe I’ll teach him to get me beer out of the fridge, or even blow the whistle during practice. Man, this is…this is just gonna be awesome.”









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Mr Pelican Pants says:
#47
Yeh the #12 jersey seems to work just fine, dont know if its retired…..If we will get an out of state QB I think we will be ok eventually, thats such a crucial position and I think Florida now knows how it feels to have a stable QB that carries the team instead of QB that hurts it (Leak-pre 2006)
I hope we get that soon, the rest should fall into place the next 3 yrs if he can put 3 good years together recruiting like LSU did. Plus hopefully Applewhite will know what type of QB he needs, we know JPW aint it.
I still say if your recruiting in the SEC, you need to recruit answers to Georgia and Florida’s Tebow-Harvin psychic connection…they could well be the Brady-Moss version on the NCAA level…if you cant stop them you’d better have an offense that can score with them in a shootout, which we aint even close yet
November 19th, 2007 at 1:55 pm
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Mr Pelican Pants says:
#49
I think Applewhite and Saban got into his head and probaly mindfucked him, kinda like what happened to Matt Leinhart at Arizona under his new coach…he regressed trying to learn “proper footwork” and “mechanics”, that Matt learned from Norm Chow, which is a damn good QB coach…Shula was a good QB coach,not taking that away from him, but when you get a QB comfortable doing things a certain way, then halfway into change it, its hard to do and most guys cant do it and thats what we are seeing happen live and in person…Chaos @ a position you dont need chaos in
November 19th, 2007 at 2:05 pm
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HFS says:
Remember folks… bama always looks good in August and February. It’s November they seem to have a problem with.
November 19th, 2007 at 2:08 pm
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crabs says:
#38
That has to be the single largest post I’ve ever read on this forum.
You could have just summed it up with “Alabama lost to ULM because Saban can’t coach Shula’s players” or how about just plain “Wahhhhhhhhhh!”.
November 19th, 2007 at 2:08 pm
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The 17th Goat says:
I think it’s funny that a coach who was fired from Navy beats Alabama.
November 19th, 2007 at 2:09 pm
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TIGERinATL says:
Mr. P. P.,
How does Saban’s “sticks to his guns about not letting them play” philosophy jibe with D.J. Hall coming into a game in which he was supposed to be suspended?
May as well just give him an ice cream cone.
November 19th, 2007 at 2:12 pm
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SunDawg says:
Pants, Georgia already played a game without half of it’s offensive line. It was against Tennessee and it was ugly. In this case they weren’t suspended; we think Phat Phil ate their souls before kickoff.
November 19th, 2007 at 2:12 pm
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crabs says:
#56
Correct me if I’m wrong – but Moreno is actually the backup – right?
November 19th, 2007 at 2:13 pm
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SunDawg says:
Crabs, yeah, he’s the backup; Brown is the starter.
November 19th, 2007 at 2:18 pm
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Mr Pelican Pants says:
#56
Ask Florida and Auburn if he’s the backup
November 19th, 2007 at 2:20 pm
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Bama93 says:
Jesus Saturday is going to be a long day. The 1.75 of Maker’s may be gone by kickoff.
Which mediocre QB will out-turn over the other? Cox vs JPW; an epic showdown of monumental proportions. Are Groves toes still dislocated? If not, he may have 14 sacks by the end of the game.
#44 – I sure hope you’re right.
November 19th, 2007 at 2:28 pm
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Mr Pelican Pants says:
#56
Thats my point…hard to do anything without the guys who have practiced on the “game plan” since August,
ask any Coach if he had his choice, would he rather try to win with his 2nd or 3rd string or his hand picked starters.
All will be forgotten if they can beat Auburn with the new and improved, well rested starters.
If not, it will be a long grueling offseason and the players that are left over and the new recruits will wish they were in hell, so they could catch a break….may be some personnel changes as well in the staff will happen since Saban is short on patience, its a dictatorship, no doubt, and the democracy “team hugs” feeling left when Shula did.
November 19th, 2007 at 2:29 pm
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crabs says:
#59
OK – Yoo hoo…. Florida, Auburn….. is Knowshon Moreno the backup tailback at UGA?
Pants, they both said yes.
November 19th, 2007 at 2:50 pm
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SunDawg says:
Pants, Saban lived in the shadow of another Shula down here in South Florida when he made his attempt to coach the Dolphins. All things considered he will not be having Thanksgiving dinner at the Shula home.
The hacks down here were saying he’d stay at Alabama a couple of years and then leave (history repeats itself) for one of the northern schools, Notre Dame I think.
Anyway, he won’t be welcome to vacation down here until, uh, what’s the half-life of tridium?
November 19th, 2007 at 2:58 pm
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Tater Salad says:
Fuck.
November 19th, 2007 at 3:01 pm
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PW says:
#37 PeterPumpkinhead
Tennessee didn’t finish the 2000 season in the top 25. I’ve been seeing this “they were top 15 when we beat them” argument far too often.
November 19th, 2007 at 3:16 pm
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Mr Pelican Pants says:
#62
Well I guess they can say they got whupped by the back up tail back, although he could start for 49 other D-1 programs, I guess that goes back to being a 5 star recruit that Richt picked up. Write it down, Moreno will compete with Tebow for the Heisman before they each go pro. Good to be a Gator or Dog for the next 3 yrs.
November 19th, 2007 at 3:25 pm
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Lovecrafty says:
#60
To expand on your Cox vs. Wilson observation, from The Joe Cribbs Car Wash :
Wilson vs. Cox in the Iron Bowl is the quarterbacking equivalent of a dance-off between sixth-graders on Red Bull smitten with the same girl: no one’s going to fault the energy, enthusiasm, willingness, commitment, etc., but boy, no one’s going to tune in for composure or technique, either.
November 19th, 2007 at 3:37 pm
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King Harvest says:
“The Joe Cribbs Car Wash ”
The funy thing is, Joe Cribbs did have a carwash on 280 years ago. The other funny thing is, if you know Joe Cribbs, you know he did not write that.
November 19th, 2007 at 4:40 pm
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nick saben says:
#38
I don’t have time to read that shit!
November 19th, 2007 at 4:46 pm
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weagle251 says:
68:
That’s what Jerry named the blog after.
November 19th, 2007 at 4:53 pm
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George P. Burdell says:
#38 – Bear would be PROUD of those excuses.
November 19th, 2007 at 6:00 pm
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Mr Pelican Pants says:
To Alabama fans everywhere:
Its always darkest before the dawn…
aw to hell with this sissy self help crap…
Fuck Fuck Fuckity Fuck Fuck Fuckenstein Fuck Monster
November 19th, 2007 at 6:54 pm
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sheepman says:
62 LMAO!
Is it the “war” part that terrifies the bammers or it the bird-of-prey thing. I think that maybe the bammers just do not know the difference between a hawk and an eagle, and when they saw the warhawks they knew losing was their destiny.
November 19th, 2007 at 8:31 pm