Comments on: THE MOST POWERFUL DWARF IN ALL OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL

By: TideFalcon

TideFalcon — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:44:00 +0000

While Nikolai Saban could undoubtedly kick Sascha Putin’s ass in a 175 kg-weight-class cage fight to the death, one must admit that the latter has had much more recent success in dominating states with poplulations under 4.5M.

By: shovel-pass

shovel-pass — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 19:41:03 +0000

As far as I have seen, if they are paying Weis $100 and a large bag of Doritos, it is still too much.

By: John

John — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 05:05:29 +0000

Bobby Bowden should be in the overpaid coaches list. He’s been a figurehead for the last five years and hasn’t done a particularly good job at it.

By: BullGator

BullGator — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:04:47 +0000

Reggie. F. Nelson. I hate Nick Saban.

By: BJGator

BJGator — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:26:25 +0000

#13

Well, speculation is a powerful force of the mind. In my imagination, Weis could be making as much as $5-6 million a year. The fact is that, without proper data to support their claims, the $30-40 million is an imaginative, speculative guess by the media. My main point was that ND’s former coach was paid more than their current coach that year, more than two years removed from the firing of the former coach.

Of course, I can offer this little tidbit. When Lou Holtz was hired at ND, Father Joyce (the president at the time) said that, at Notre Dame, the head football coach would never make more than the university president. I’m pretty sure things have changed, but who really knows?

By: John Vierdsen

John Vierdsen — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 22:03:02 +0000

This is so typical of the little brother syndrome in the SEC regarding Alabama. Hey, LSU � y’all won a national championship with “The Taffy Man.” How about getting over the Saban thing sometime this century?

By: slarg

slarg — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:49:35 +0000

i know, 5, i wish i didn’t understand economics either (((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((

By: Pants McPants

Pants McPants — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 21:23:22 +0000

I hate it when people do not understand the concept of “relativism”…

I’d have to say between the amount of hours worked, and amount of money brought into the University, at $2.6 million/year Tressel IS grossly underpaid….

I mean, look at someone like Adam Dunn or any middling MLB player…

By: Tommy's Co-Pilot

Tommy's Co-Pilot — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:51:48 +0000

C’mon, BJGator…..you don’t really believe that Notre Dame is paying it’s coach less than the average Conference USA coach makes, do you? You realize that a coaches salary is usually 25-35% of total compensation, and Notre Dame doesn’t report any of the extra compensation because they are an Independent school and therefore not required to. $600 grand would barely cover Charlie’s pie bill at the local confectionary.

BTW – Here is USA Today’s sortable stats (2007 figures) on what each coach makes, broken down by salary, bonus, and outside income arranged by the school:
http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/football/2007-12-04-coaches-pay_N.htm

By: hobeg8r

hobeg8r — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:48:08 +0000

From a purely business/economic standpoint, shouldn’t success be measured by profit margins? In other words, the mark of a successful coach should be measured not only by his W/L record but how that translates to increased revenue for the Athletic Dept. ROI [Return on Investment]. The Forbes analysis – while entertaining – is flawed – and pointless.

Sincerely yours,
Ty Willingham

By: BJGator

BJGator — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:25:49 +0000

Yeah, Charlie Weis may not have produced great results in his first few years, but to call him overpaid reveals a bit of ignorance. I quote, “Last year�s three-win season–the worst for the Fighting Irish in 44 years–was the second in a 10-year contract extension for Weis, reportedly worth between $30 and $40 million over the length of the deal.” Well, during 2006-2007, ND paid Weis under $600,000, a far cry from the reported 3-4 million each year. That’s quite a small salary, especially when compared to how much ND paid Tyrone Willingham in the same year (almost $700,000). So, in 2007, ND actually paid Weis less money than their last coach. He may not be doing too well, but Weis is anything but overpaid.

By: Big Dog

Big Dog — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 20:18:36 +0000

Too bad $4mm could not get over on Louisiana Monroe?

By: meatybob

meatybob — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:42:35 +0000

“Come the fuck one.”

You called?

By: Matt D.

Matt D. — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:42:33 +0000

Nice link to the Underpaid/Overpaid list even if it wasn’t that surprising.

By: Ryno

Ryno — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:26:26 +0000

Man, Alan in DC is bringin’ tha Thundah!

Good Work LSU Freek.