Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Re: [gatortalk] McElwain gets a raise, now the highest paid coach in SEC East


On Mar 26, 2016, at 6:19 PM, Foley Santamaria <foleysantamaria@gmail.com> wrote:

Anyone else think this is insanity? A 750k raise and over 4 million in salary?


Well, second only to the stupidity of how much we paid Muschamp not to coach, and then forgot to put in a one-year non-compete to keep him from stealing our top recruits.

I would think that - during the original negotiations that took place only a year ago - someone considered the possibilities that the Gators would win the SEC East, the SEC title, earn a playoff spot and/or win the Championship game. Each of these possibilities would have come with an appropriate bonus that everyone was happy with.

To pay that bonus, and then give a raise is equivalent to paying the bonus twice. I have to wonder if the UAA has an attorneys on staff, or if Foley breathes orange and blue incense, goes into a trance, and agrees to the first vision that crosses his mind.

Between the O-Dome renovations and the needed football facility upgrades (such as the dorms), this money clearly could have been used elsewhere without violating NCAA rules.

-Zeb

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