EaglesTalon {l Wrote}:HJS {l Wrote}:I gotta say... I despise comments about BC "never" willing to pay for a coach. BC is not willing to pay for a coach under Gene. I refuse to believe that another AD wouldn't be willing to break the bank for the right coach. BC makes the same amount of money every other conference mate makes. BC makes over twice what it made in the Big East. Yet, BC pays as if they were still a member of the CAA. Jesus, even if you look at NBE programs, BC isn't on the same playing field for salaries. The guy handling the pursestrings as we developed this miserly reputation is GDF.
I don't think that GDF is the one holding back any coaches' salaries. The biggest issue with a GDF hire is that he won't even consider someone who he feels would ever consider another offer from another school.
GDF is the one holding back on coaches' salaries. I don't see how this is under debate.
Proportionately, we paid our head coaches twice as much under Gladchuck as we did GDF. JOB, Coughlin, Millbury... they were all well-compensated at the end of their time here (Millbury's beginning and end just happen to be one and the same). GDF never felt the need to increase the pay of guys like TOB because they weren't his hire and he didn't care if they left. When he did make his hire, he went cheap (Jags) and cheap again (Spaz). I think he does not want to pay too much because he fears that thhe coach will get complacent and he never wants to be in a position where he can't make a move because of finances.
Once again... BC is pulling in $11mm from the ACC (which will go up very soon) and we are paying our coaches exactly the same we were when we were making $4mm in the Big East. UConn can afford Calhoun, Geno and Edsall, yet BC pays its FB and BB a combined total of what ONE of them makes.