BornSinner

January 2nd, 2016 at 9:33 AM ^

It's kinda funny reading Wisky boards try to excuse their AD's reluctance to pay coaches on academic standards. 

 

Some dude even went as far as to claim that Wisconsin is more academically rigorous and prestigious as a school than Michigan. 

 

LOL

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coldnjl

January 2nd, 2016 at 8:56 AM ^

I don't understand the figure head at coach anymore...some of the best coached teams have coaches who can contribute to certain aspects of the team...the argument that Miles is a good coach is weak to me because all he does is pay talented coaches alot of money. Can't any big, dedicated program do that. A guy like herman would just kill at LSU with that payroll

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GoBLUE_SemperFi

January 2nd, 2016 at 11:00 AM ^

I don't think so. Twice the money, twice the visibility and ten times the recruiting prospects. Miles just added about 18 inches to his ice.

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funkywolve

January 2nd, 2016 at 11:57 AM ^

about Miles adding inches to his ice.  Defense has never really been LSU's problem under Miles.  The offense, and particularly issues at QB, are usually what has hampered LSU during the Miles tenure.

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freejs

January 1st, 2016 at 10:44 PM ^

he may be a dunderhead (the playcalling before the half in their bowl was a special kind of stupid), but (assisted by LSU's $$$), he sure knows how to replace DCs. 

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UMxWolverines

January 1st, 2016 at 10:52 PM ^

Why doesn't Wisconsin pay...according to most lists they make a decent amount of money as a program. Is this like early 2000s Michigan where they should accept less money because how great the job is?

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BlueMk1690

January 2nd, 2016 at 1:17 AM ^

not pro sports franchises. They aren't in the "marketplace", this is a non-profit public sector institution.

If Wisconsin is OK with winning 9 games a year paying assistants less than Alabama and LSU then that might piss off some drunk fat guy in a bar wearing a Wisconsin hat but it's a non-issue for the university itself.

 

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snarling wolverine

January 2nd, 2016 at 1:38 AM ^

Except that they aren't really in the public sector, as most (if not all) Big Ten athletic departments are fiscally autonomous from the institutions they represent.  Our athletic department doesn't receive a penny from the school's general fund; in fact, it actually makes an annual contribution to it.  

In general, it behooves an athletic department to invest in its major sports programs as this builds enthusiasm and leads to increased revenue in the form of ticket and merchandise sales and donations.  That means paying market-level salaries for top coaching talent, as there is only so much of it out there.

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BlueMk1690

January 2nd, 2016 at 2:46 AM ^

the Athletic Department is a university department answering to the President of the university who is answering to the Board of Regents who are appointed by the governor in Wisconsin. Their fiscal arrangement is irrelevant in that regard. They exist to essentially provide a public service.

In general, a lot of athletic departments are running deficits and I think Michigan's might recently have become one of them thanks to our previous Athletic Director's over-the-top love of 'investment'. Fortunately that is likely going to be corrected but it shows that even for the most popular programs there's a limit.

Whether a focus on big-time athletics is a true benefit to a university is up for debate and difficult to prove one way or the other. The University of Chicago seems to be doing OK without it, same with MIT, NYU, Tufts, Claremont McKenna or Washington University in St.Louis. Those places might not be as famous with your average knucklehead - which is something football can definitely buy you - but they are top destinations among people with other priorities (i.e. most people with a brain).

Of course, in places where such high-end sports already exist they're generally popular among students and locals because they're exciting and it's fun for a whole community to identify with a team. And that's definitely a plus, but there's also nothing which suggest that you have to go along with every aspect of the one-upmanship so typical among high-end Division I athletics. If Bama wants to pay their S&C coach 600k then they're free to do so but that doesn't mean that's now the 'market price' and now Wisconsin or Michigan even need to spend 650k on their next S&C coach.

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Mr. Yost

January 1st, 2016 at 10:56 PM ^

Kevin Steele to Auburn to replace Muschamp who leaves for S. Carolina. Aranda to LSU.

LSU needs to fire Cam Cameron ASAP and hire Major Applewhite at Houston or Sonnie Combie at TCU.

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