She sure hasn't aged well
I agree with a lot of what you are saying but not the: "If she leaves Tech, it will be because she is no dummy." comment. It almost implies that she would have to be a dummy to stay. Leon certainly wasn't a dummy for staying all of those years when he could have made more money elsewhere.
Well said. But I don't think Kim would have been looking to leave once she moved into the top position. Kind of like Leon. There is a lot more to life than just money. Spoon might also feel the same way, once she gets up and running, because she has a fanatical love for Louisiana Tech just like the BB&B'ers.
Your post makes absolutely NO SENSE, especially since Barmore retired early and moved to Baylor just to make a few bucks. Today he's trying to make up for lost time financially.
When Leon was coaching the Lady Techsters, the "big money" hadn't really arrived in womens college basketball yet. Now it has. Mulkey herself makes $1 Million a year. Gail Goestenkors of Texas makes about the same. So, don't kid yourself, it will be much tougher for T-Spoon to resist the temptation of today's big bucks than it was for Leon in his day. When Leon was coaching, the salaries were all below 100K. Even Leon himself would have trouble resisting a $1 Million salary today.
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I don't believe that at all. I think Leon could have gotten a raise and chose not to because he was happy here. I agree that the amount of the raise is different now but if you think he couldn't have had his pick of jobs you are smoking something. Besides you are missing the entire point of the post which is to say sometimes people stay and take less mess money when they are happy. Spoon isn't a "dummy" if he she goes that route. Different things make different people happy.
No you are responding to MY posts and YOU are missing the point. The point is Spoon isn't a dummy for staying at Tech if offered more money elswhere as was implied in the original post. This other crap that you are bringing up is splitting hairs and has nothing to do with what I was posting about.
No, you were responding to Sharkey's post, and I was responding to yours. You were using Barmore as an example of someone choosing loyalty (to stay at Tech) over dollars....yet there the man sits in Waco drawing a bigger salary off Baylor than he ever made at LA Tech.
If we don't pay Spoon a VERY competitive salary, she might in fact be a dummy if she has a $1 Million offer and doesn't take it....regardless of whether you think so or not. Don't make the same mistake Oakes and Reneau did, and try to rely on a coaches "loyalty". They tried it with Mulky, and failed.
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#1 Barmore was retired. He didn't leave Tech to go to Baylor. He simply went to Baylor. Whether he needed the money or not isn't relevant as he wasn't our head basketball coach at the time he left.
#2 You are reading into something that simply isn't there and preaching to the choir. I have never implied we shouldn't take care of Spoon and pay her a competitive salary. I am not stupid though. Even if we give all that we can, and pull out all of the stops we have there WILL be more money elsewhere. And again, she isn't stupid for turning it down if she loves Tech and wants to be here.
#3 I can't believe I am getting into this with you in the WBB forum. I would rather watch paint dry than watch WBB.