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Bama is big boy serious about winning they are paying their S&C coach more than everyone on Miami's coaching staff below the coordinators. The reporter even took a back handed shot at Miami.

Alabama Football Assistants Earn Raises, Except For Lane Kiffin. - Roll 'Bama Roll

Alabama Football Assistants Earn Raises, Except For Lane Kiffin.
By Erik Evans June 24, 2015

The Alabama board of Trustees met yesterday to sign off on raises for assistant football coaches, as well as sign the initial deals for Coaches Tucker and Lupoi.

Initial employment deals with new coaches Mel Tucker and Tosh Lupoi were also approved in a Tuesday meeting of the UA board of trustees compensation committee. Defensive coordinator Kirby Smart remains the highest paid assistant with his salary moving to $1.5 million from $1.35 million. An additional year was added to leave three years on his contract.

Kirby got yet another raise, despite diminishing returns in pass defense and generating turnovers, raising his salary to $1.5m a year. At this point, with three more years on his deal, you have to think he's not being paid for his overall excellent schemes and recruiting prowess, so much as a determination to keep him in Tuscaloosa. That may point to a transition when Saban retires. Or not.

Also in the article, S&C coach Scott Cochran's salary hit $420,000, while running backs coach, Burton Burns is nearing that number. They are still grossly underpaid for their demonstrable 8-year track record, IMO.

Seemingly of import was who did not get a raise, Coach Lane Kiffin. But, fear not, it wasn't nefarious or a monetary incentive to run the dang ball.

When asked for the reason Lane Kiffin didn't get a raise, the university answered quickly with a prepared statement. "Due to his former relationship with USC, Kiffin is in a unique situation that does not require an amendment to his original contract with UA," read the statement from university spokesperson Deborah Lane.

In other words, Kiffin is still being paid under his buyout with USC, thought to be $3.8m/year. Any salary Alabama pays Kiffin offsets that buyout. Therefore, you pay the man for his great work, but let USC bear the brunt of the salary hit -- because, his salary is going to be capped at $3.8/m from all sources anyway. For Coach Kiffin to make more than $3.8m, then he is going to have to leave for another head coaching job (which, I can easily see him doing, and earning that kind of cash, in a cosmopolitan, talent-rich place like Miami.)

In any event, he's still picking up the tab if I see him in Tuscaloosa.
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Thanks for the share but how is that a shot at Miami? It's common knowledge that the HC is on the hot seat and, other than that, he just says "cosmopolitan, talent-rich place like Miami". That's not untrue in any way.

Regarding the article, that shows a ridiculous commitment to the football program and when you bring in the money they do, it makes sense to pay guys to stick around. I'd be very curious to see the disparity between Cochran's salary and the rest of the strength staff.
 
That article says they can see him leaving to coach at Miami so that he would make more than $3.8M. That may not be Saban/Harbaugh rich, but $3.8M is still pretty decent.
 
They should be paid the most after HC/OC/DC. Players spend the most time with them and they have have a bigger impact than assistant coaches.
 
Their strength coach get paid bc he the best at what he does year in and year out. Cochran uses the hatch method. The guy is fully qualified unlike Swasey and his sociology degree from Baylor...
 
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You're behind the arms race if you can't pay your HC and his staff about $10MM/yr in salaries...I think UM is about $5MM....which equates to 6 wins.

You get what you pay for in this world....
 
Paranos said:
Bama is big boy serious about winning they are paying their S&C coach more than everyone on Miami's coaching staff below the coordinators. The reporter even took a back handed shot at Miami.

Alabama Football Assistants Earn Raises, Except For Lane Kiffin. - Roll 'Bama Roll

Alabama Football Assistants Earn Raises, Except For Lane Kiffin.
By Erik Evans June 24, 2015

The Alabama board of Trustees met yesterday to sign off on raises for assistant football coaches, as well as sign the initial deals for Coaches Tucker and Lupoi.

Initial employment deals with new coaches Mel Tucker and Tosh Lupoi were also approved in a Tuesday meeting of the UA board of trustees compensation committee. Defensive coordinator Kirby Smart remains the highest paid assistant with his salary moving to $1.5 million from $1.35 million. An additional year was added to leave three years on his contract.

Kirby got yet another raise, despite diminishing returns in pass defense and generating turnovers, raising his salary to $1.5m a year. At this point, with three more years on his deal, you have to think he's not being paid for his overall excellent schemes and recruiting prowess, so much as a determination to keep him in Tuscaloosa. That may point to a transition when Saban retires. Or not.

Also in the article, S&C coach Scott Cochran's salary hit $420,000, while running backs coach, Burton Burns is nearing that number. They are still grossly underpaid for their demonstrable 8-year track record, IMO.

Seemingly of import was who did not get a raise, Coach Lane Kiffin. But, fear not, it wasn't nefarious or a monetary incentive to run the dang ball.

When asked for the reason Lane Kiffin didn't get a raise, the university answered quickly with a prepared statement. "Due to his former relationship with USC, Kiffin is in a unique situation that does not require an amendment to his original contract with UA," read the statement from university spokesperson Deborah Lane.

In other words, Kiffin is still being paid under his buyout with USC, thought to be $3.8m/year. Any salary Alabama pays Kiffin offsets that buyout. Therefore, you pay the man for his great work, but let USC bear the brunt of the salary hit -- because, his salary is going to be capped at $3.8/m from all sources anyway. For Coach Kiffin to make more than $3.8m, then he is going to have to leave for another head coaching job (which, I can easily see him doing, and earning that kind of cash, in a cosmopolitan, talent-rich place like Miami.)

In any event, he's still picking up the tab if I see him in Tuscaloosa.
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Alabama runs a bigger budget than UM football.
Is this really news?
I don't get the fixation with what Alabama does.
Their model is not the one for this program to follow for success.
We have to do it our own way (and so-called Cane "fans" need to
start supporting the program they allegely love, especially when
a change is ultimately made).
Anways, comparison is apples and Oranges.
 
M3N said:
Their strength coach get paid bc he the best at what he does year in and year out. Cochran uses the hatch method. The guy is fully qualified unlike Swasey and his sociology degree from Baylor...
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Swasey has sent some of the BEST players ever in the league.... lol you can't make this up.....
 
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brock said:
M3N said:
Their strength coach get paid bc he the best at what he does year in and year out. Cochran uses the hatch method. The guy is fully qualified unlike Swasey and his sociology degree from Baylor...
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Swasey has sent some of the BEST players ever in the league.... lol you can't make this up.....
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Swasey is very mediocre at what he does.
 
Who cares? Bama's little run has come and gone. Only simpletons like the OP will comtinue to slurp them with embarrassing phrases like "Bama is big boy serious about winning". Probably the same type of guy that thinks Luigi is making "big boy" money there too when the "recruiter of the year" only cleared $500k last year.
 
Jameis can rape, shop lift, but Gadbois takes a little PEDs and is kicked off. This just adds to endless list of things as to why we will never be back.

Golden wants choir boys and cultural fitters not savage football players that do anything to win. I hope we lose every game so they can actually fire him. He wins 5 or 6 and he'll still be the coach
 
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Shogungts said:
That article says they can see him leaving to coach at Miami so that he would make more than $3.8M. That may not be Saban/Harbaugh rich, but $3.8M is still pretty decent.
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I didn't actually read the article, because who cares?

But super lulz if we hire a strength and conditioning "coach"
 
OrangetieFatface said:
Shogungts said:
That article says they can see him leaving to coach at Miami so that he would make more than $3.8M. That may not be Saban/Harbaugh rich, but $3.8M is still pretty decent.
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I didn't actually read the article, because who cares?

But super lulz if we hire a strength and conditioning "coach"
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No offense to you, but maybe you should have before commenting as the "coach" the article was referring to Miami hiring is Lane Kiffin.
 
Shogungts said:
OrangetieFatface said:
Shogungts said:
That article says they can see him leaving to coach at Miami so that he would make more than $3.8M. That may not be Saban/Harbaugh rich, but $3.8M is still pretty decent.
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I didn't actually read the article, because who cares?

But super lulz if we hire a strength and conditioning "coach"
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No offense to you, but maybe you should have before commenting as the "coach" the article was referring to Miami hiring is Lane Kiffin.
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O, ok, that's much better.

4 mil to Lane Kiffin? WE BACK
 
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Cane Dynasty said:
If you acctually want Lane *****in as our corch you should ask your doctor to up your meds.
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LOL.

The irony of this post is that while some posters think our program is far above hiring Lane Kiffin, Lane Kiffin may very well believe the Miami job is beneath him.
 
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