(12-01-2015 11:03 PM)rollgreenwave Wrote:  

(12-01-2015 08:40 PM)Thegoldstandard Wrote:  

(12-01-2015 08:33 PM)rollgreenwave Wrote:  

(12-01-2015 04:52 PM)MUHERD76 Wrote:  

(11-28-2015 01:56 PM)Stookey57 Wrote:  Do they go after I think Skip Holtz

Serious question...Why would Skip Holtz even consider taking a step backwards to coach at Tulane? Everybody knows the La Tech job is better than Tulane. That would make no sense at all.

Three times the salary, a conference with 3 ranked teams right now, regular national television exposure, brand new facilities, an interesting city to live, a highly academic school that appeals to students? Probably one or more of those reasons, I'd imagine.

It isn't three times the salary. He has a much SAFER and cleaner city to live in now. And one other thing. You can win at tech. Its not possible at tulane.

LA Tech is paying Holtz $500k annually. CJ was making at least $1.2 million per year, and if rumors are accurate Tulane is ponying up more for the next coach. So excuse me: 2.4x his current annual salary at minimum.

If safer and cleaner is what Ruston has on us, then congratulations to them. Sometimes people pick to live in a place because they want something interesting to do in their spare time other than eat at the nearest Dairy Queen with the other 30 people who live in town. We're one of the fastest growing cities in the country for a reason.

He makes 600k a year. If his current K is structured like Monkens he will get a automatic raise based on this year. If tulane is paying 1.2 mill for a coach with the product it has put on the field in my lifetime i can see why there are constant stories in the nola media about the financial mess at tulane.
There is much to be said for a man to raise his family in an area where he can go to his local Dairy Queen or any other food establishment and not be worried about getting shot in the parking lot due to the area's high crime rate. Much to be said for being able to know your wife and family are safe when you have to be on the road recruiting. Also its nice not to have to drive 40 miles to from your house to your office just to have a nice safe place to live.

Being located in one of the nastiest cities known to mankind is only one of the many things that makes the tulane job unattractive.

UCF just hired an ASSISTANT coach. All i see in these delusional threads is head coach after head coach's name thrown about. I will bet you anything you want that what Jayess says is correct. Now that ucf has a unproven coach. Memphis and tulane will follow suit with someone taking their FIRST head coaching job. No one with a established job will leave for a job as bad as the tulane one is.

Ive seen a good example of that play out in real life already. In the 90's i had a neighbor named Rodney allison who came to Southern Miss with Curley Hallman. Rodney left southern miss for Auburn as rb coach. His best friend Tommy Bowden tried to get him to follow to Tulane as OC. HE declined because of the risk of working at Tulane AND the enviroment his kids would be in. He did later follow Tommy to Clemson.

Tulane has for the last 50 years been a dead end and will continue to be no matter how many times they "make a commitment to athletics".