Luke Fickell Contract & Compensation: $775K for 2011...until Jan 31, 2012*

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October 20th, 2011 at 6:43 PM
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Luke Fickell Contract & Compensation: $775K for 2011...until Jan 31, 2012*

Summary of Luke Fickell's signed employement contract here.

$775,000 total compensation for Fickell.

Tressel's total compensation was $3.5 million per year.

Also:

The contract, released by the university on Thursday, makes it very clear that Fickell is not guaranteed a job after the agreement ends Jan. 31, 2012.

And:

“This agreement is renewable solely upon an offer from Ohio State and an acceptance by coach,” the contract stipulates in section 2.0 under Term. “This agreement in no way grants coach a claim to tenure in employment.”

Ohio State athletic director Gene Smith, who did not immediately return a call requesting comment, has said that Fickell will be a candidate for the permanent job but that the school will do a nationwide search to find its next head coach. Rumors of potential candidates have been circulating ever since 10-year coach Jim Tressel was forced to resign.

Contract in PDF form: http://media.cleveland.com/osu_impact/other/luke-fickell-contract.pdf

 

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October 20th, 2011 at 6:46 PM | The Waterboy 2 starts filming (Score:5 Normal)
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The Waterboy 2 starts filming Feb 1, 2012

Sincerely,

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October 20th, 2011 at 6:50 PM | This is my concern of this thread (Score:1)
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are you serious clarke?

UM vs osu 2011 bring your keys and make noise (get it keys!)

October 20th, 2011 at 6:51 PM | Someone had to go there, (Score:1)
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Someone had to go there, right?

Sincerely,

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October 20th, 2011 at 6:46 PM | Placeholder (Score:4 Insightful)
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I still like that they took the "interim" off the title even though everyone knew that this is exactly what he was - the result of a panic move. 

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October 20th, 2011 at 6:47 PM | Is it worth it? (Score:1)
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Is the $375k worth the headache that he has endured as the coach at ohio?

21 years of coaching and every senior who stayed had at least 1 big ten title... That is what " Those who stay will be champions" will really get you Ohio native Bo Schembechler.

October 20th, 2011 at 6:49 PM | worst (Score:-1 Flamebait)
October 20th, 2011 at 7:51 PM | (Score:1)
Two Hearted Ale
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The first post was fine. The second was so-so...

October 20th, 2011 at 11:33 PM | Worth it? (Score:2 Normal)
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Of course the$775k is worth the shit Fickell has taken this year.  A lot of people take more shit than he does for $8 an hour on a daily basis.  

Besides, he should be able to parlay this into a cushy head coaching position at Youngstown State.

 

 

 

October 21st, 2011 at 1:03 AM | Yeah, I mean... he doubled (Score:1)
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Yeah, I mean... he doubled his salary and will be able to easily land either a low level HC gig or a BCS level DC job

plus he got to live his dream for one year

if Tressel had stayed, he would have endured another half decade at his previous salary only to be passed over for the head coaching job and be forced to take an inferior position elsewhere

When your team is winning, be ready to be tough, because winning can make you soft. On the other hand, when your team is losing, stick by them. Keep believing. -- Bo Schembechler

October 21st, 2011 at 7:24 AM | I've had... (Score:1)
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...worse jobs that paid less. No free uniforms either.

But for Fickell, it would be a bit sad if his head coaching career was prematurely derailed by the miserable hand that he has to play this year at OSU.  I've been on campus in Columbus a couple times this term, and in the span of 7 games he has already achieved the sort of fan hostility that Coach Rodriguez had after three years.

As a matter of fact I like beer.

October 20th, 2011 at 6:52 PM | Language (Score:2)
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You would probably find similar language in most coaches' contracts, Tressel included.  It's a legal way of saying, "at the end of your contract term, we don't owe you jack, Luke."

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October 20th, 2011 at 6:56 PM | Or In Columbus... (Score:1)
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I would imagine that Fickell has - for the moment - the best-paying temp job out there. I seriously think he should send his resume to Kelly Services on February 1st,  2012. 

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October 20th, 2011 at 7:01 PM | second best (Score:1 Normal)
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i think pryor got paid a little better in his three years at ohio. most wasnt even taxable income.

21 years of coaching and every senior who stayed had at least 1 big ten title... That is what " Those who stay will be champions" will really get you Ohio native Bo Schembechler.

October 20th, 2011 at 8:13 PM | In actuality, it was taxable (Score:1)
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In actuality, it was taxable income.

He just somehow forgot.

October 20th, 2011 at 11:10 PM | posted from iPhone (Score:2 Normal)
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Except that part where if you resign in disgrace we will let you retroactively alter date it so you can get maximum additional perks.

 

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October 21st, 2011 at 2:55 AM | duhh (Score:0)
October 20th, 2011 at 7:05 PM | Who wants to coach at OSU (Score:1)
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Who wants to coach at OSU with all the crap they got going on with the NCAA? Most people wouldn't want it

THIS IS MICHIGAN

October 21st, 2011 at 10:51 AM | There are PLENTY of coaches (Score:2)
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There are PLENTY of coaches who would want the opportunity to rebuild ohio state, and this is in spite of the NCAA cloud hanging over them, the ineptitude of Smith/Gee, and the overly rabid and fickle (see what i did there?) fan base.  If Gene Smith doesn't botch the coaching search as badly as Michigan did (hahaha, sorry, sorry, is there anything Gene Smith can't botch?), then they have an opportunity to get a really good coach. 

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October 20th, 2011 at 8:08 PM | Overpay (Score:2)
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$775,000? If you ask me, that's about $774,999.99 more than he is worth.

October 20th, 2011 at 8:13 PM | Now, Now... (Score:2)
LSAClassOf2000
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Somebody in the athletic department but not currently on the team still needs to keep current on the payments for the S500 4Matic.....

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October 20th, 2011 at 8:29 PM | Who? (Score:-1 Overrated)
October 21st, 2011 at 10:12 AM | Fickell is (Score:1)
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Einhorn.

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October 20th, 2011 at 8:48 PM |   Did anyone else get the (Score:2 Normal)
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Did anyone else get the impression that the announcers for Saturday’s game, Speilman and Urban Meyer were auditioning for the defensive coordinator and head coaching job at that school in Ohio .

October 21st, 2011 at 1:05 AM | Please hire Spielman as DC, (Score:1)
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Please hire Spielman as DC, he of the 2-15 record as an AFL head coach

When your team is winning, be ready to be tough, because winning can make you soft. On the other hand, when your team is losing, stick by them. Keep believing. -- Bo Schembechler

October 20th, 2011 at 8:58 PM | To be fair (Score:2 Normal)
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He really hasnt dont that bad of a job.  The talent well is not bottomless after you consider 5 starts including a pretty good QB were not playing 5 games (and Pryor gone of course).  Trying to win in that situation + losing Tressell + the low team/fanbase moral is not a good situation to walk into.  

All Im saying is the performance issues are really his fault and he really can't be blamed for their rough season.  If he gets the chance to coach 3 years, he'll probably do fine.  Not likely though, as everyone wants to blame somebody and it will probably be Fickel.

October 20th, 2011 at 9:10 PM | Please Please Please! (Score:-1 Flamebait)
October 21st, 2011 at 9:41 AM | Actually (Score:1)
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the announcing on that game was pretty good. Urban Meyer gives a coaches insight, and Speilman may be a Buckeye, but is no idiot. Kick a field goal right? Kick a field goal right? No, no, and uh no, and while we're at it wtf, why didn't they run it?

Only one talking head on that game crew. Even the sideline guy was pretty good.

October 21st, 2011 at 9:05 PM | I hope Fickell is banking (Score:1)
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I hope Fickell is banking most of that. Don't think he'll get back to that paygrade for a while...

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