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We will see how this plays out, but by moving Augie out early, we certainly raised the price of tea in China:
May 19 Texas Tech announced that the University and head baseball coach Tim Tadlock have agreed to a contract extension that will keep the fourth-year skipper in Lubbock through the 2022 season. The extension was approved Thursday by the Texas Tech Board of Regents.
Today Louisville announced that “the school will pay McDonnell $1 million annually in base salary, a raise of $325,000 per year over his existing deal, and added five years onto his current contract, taking it through 2026. The contract also includes several retention bonuses, including a $150,000 payment if McDonnell stays at U of L through next summer. He will receive another $150,000 bonus if he's still at U of L in 2020, and then the bonus drops to $100,000 every two years after that, beginning in 2022 and running through 2026.” Obviously they were afraid Texas would go after McDonnell and had a wealthy backer pony up the $, admission to their home games is free, so they obviously don’t have sufficient program revenue to afford to pay McDonnell $1 million annually.
The University of Florida AD is in the press daily assuring the faithful that “"We have a great relationship with Sully (Kevin O'Sullivan), we (sic) have a great relationship with us," Foley said Wednesday at the SEC Spring Meeting. "I expect him to be our baseball coach a long time." Even so, the best information I could find has Kevin O'Sullivan earning $ 567,000 a year and we were paying Augie more than $1M a year. I also looked into their facilities and they are a dump compared to Disch-Falk Field. Their stadium seats only $5,500 and the best seats are $10/game or $150/season. Disch-Falk Field seats 6,649 and Field Level Box Seats are $300 (plus foundation donation) for the season. I’m guessing we can win this bidding war if we choose to play.
If we had waited until after the College World Series to announce Augie’s reassignment, we might have been able to keep the lid on things and sign our guy for a lot less money. Of course lots of people knew Augie was in hot water, but they might not have spent the money until it was official and that might have been too late. ???
May 19 Texas Tech announced that the University and head baseball coach Tim Tadlock have agreed to a contract extension that will keep the fourth-year skipper in Lubbock through the 2022 season. The extension was approved Thursday by the Texas Tech Board of Regents.
Today Louisville announced that “the school will pay McDonnell $1 million annually in base salary, a raise of $325,000 per year over his existing deal, and added five years onto his current contract, taking it through 2026. The contract also includes several retention bonuses, including a $150,000 payment if McDonnell stays at U of L through next summer. He will receive another $150,000 bonus if he's still at U of L in 2020, and then the bonus drops to $100,000 every two years after that, beginning in 2022 and running through 2026.” Obviously they were afraid Texas would go after McDonnell and had a wealthy backer pony up the $, admission to their home games is free, so they obviously don’t have sufficient program revenue to afford to pay McDonnell $1 million annually.
The University of Florida AD is in the press daily assuring the faithful that “"We have a great relationship with Sully (Kevin O'Sullivan), we (sic) have a great relationship with us," Foley said Wednesday at the SEC Spring Meeting. "I expect him to be our baseball coach a long time." Even so, the best information I could find has Kevin O'Sullivan earning $ 567,000 a year and we were paying Augie more than $1M a year. I also looked into their facilities and they are a dump compared to Disch-Falk Field. Their stadium seats only $5,500 and the best seats are $10/game or $150/season. Disch-Falk Field seats 6,649 and Field Level Box Seats are $300 (plus foundation donation) for the season. I’m guessing we can win this bidding war if we choose to play.
If we had waited until after the College World Series to announce Augie’s reassignment, we might have been able to keep the lid on things and sign our guy for a lot less money. Of course lots of people knew Augie was in hot water, but they might not have spent the money until it was official and that might have been too late. ???
. Charolettsville is beautiful, so I don't know why he would leave. Bird nest on the ground as my father-in-law would say.
