(03-09-2020 07:26 PM)Longhorn Wrote:  

(03-09-2020 05:31 PM)Hart Foundation Wrote:  I don’t think we should be comparing FCS football coach salaries to basketball coach salaries. The ceiling is so much higher in basketball.
Even with JMU reaching the pinnacle of FCS it has a $5 million deficit annually in football.
Strong mid major basketball programs can and do make a profit.

Plus, March Madness success is way more impactful nationally than FCS football success.

Another thing to think about is using the basketball hire to elevate the FCS football program to FBS in a few years. The investment is not just for the basketball program, it is for the entire athletic program. JMU needs a better resume to move up.

I agree with you, but given the immediate past history (did you read the absurd incentives detailed in Rowe’s contract?), it would be a major victory if JMU offered the same level of compensation paid to FB’s HC to the next MBB HC. But I agree the salary ceiling for MBB should be higher than FCS FB, much higher. Indeed, it was at JMU once upon a time.

For those arguing JMU can’t (much less won’t) offer a salary package approaching $1 mil for a MBB HC my response is JMU can, and must. I’m ready to be underwhelmed by the next hire, but I’m an optimist by nature and remain hopeful that CK and company has learned his lesson.

Well, according to the document someone posted earlier, they will be offering less than 300k. If that's all they are offering, the pool is going to wipe out all of the quality coaches that deserve to be paid.
Unless that whole thing was a farce and they pay much higher, we WILL get a coach around the same quality as Rowe and we will be in the same position we are right now.
When will JMU get serious about MBB? If they don't get serious now, they never will.