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Michigan Offer To Harbaugh

I can't believe Michigan is wasting their time on Harbaugh when Al Golden is ripe for the picking
 
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I seriously doubt this amount is true and if it is, I hope it doesn't happen.

The reasoning is that people say we have money to pay coaches (some say we don't), but I think at best we could do in the 4 million range as we're never going to be paying a top salary. If Michigan got him for that amount, salaries around the country skyrocket if he's successful and there's a lot of ground between our current 2.xx million and that.

Essentially, through available funds, the rich get richer with the gap between the haves and have nots widening. My 94 year old grandfather grew up and graduated from Michigan so I've always liked them better than most schools. It would be nice seeing them rise up once again rather than being OSU's beyotch.
 
You seriously could justify paying certain college coaches double what Michigan is supposedly offering Harbaugh. From a purely economic standpoint, don't you think Lil Nicky is worth at least $15 mil per year at Alabamy? How about even a Mark Dantonio at a place like Michigan State? Don't you think his presence brings at minimum a $10 mil differential in yearly revenue in comparison to if they had a corch in place? A college coach is wayyyy more directly related to the value and success of their team, program and school than 99% of NFL coaches are to their franchise.

Some people have just bought into the nickel and diming that is just the assumed mindset. There are a TON of schools that could easily pay a coach a salary in the $8 mil range. Let's bump Alfredo's salary to $3 mil per. If we had a real coach that made us relevant yearly, would it be insane to think that'd mean at least a $10 mil spike in annual revenue? That covers the differential between Golden's salary and this Harbaugh offer- twice. There are just outside factors and pressures within academia that prevent the salaries across the board from exploding.
 
INCaneFan said:
I seriously doubt this amount is true and if it is, I hope it doesn't happen.

The reasoning is that people say we have money to pay coaches (some say we don't), but I think at best we could do in the 4 million range as we're never going to be paying a top salary. If Michigan got him for that amount, salaries around the country skyrocket if he's successful and there's a lot of ground between our current 2.xx million and that.

Essentially, through available funds, the rich get richer with the gap between the haves and have nots widening. My 94 year old grandfather grew up and graduated from Michigan so I've always liked them better than most schools. It would be nice seeing them rise up once again rather than being OSU's beyotch.
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**** man, that's going to happen no matter what...thus the reason it was so important for UM to make the tough financial decisions in 2001 re: coaching, facilities, etc...versus what was popular and economical.

UM
 
Ispyin said:
OK, i hate golden, the BOT, the AD, and all that have neglected the program. Truly. And im withdrawing my funding as a result, for whatever little that is worth.

But to even associate Mich rev to miami, with their alum base and stadium with 100k seats makes people look stupid. I think Miami can afford to pay the right staff a lot more, but will never approach Michigan in that regard when they have one of the top 5 revenue programs in all of college sports, over $140million.

Not absolving Miami at all, but don't be dumb in your arguments either.
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It isn't how much we pay that bothers us, it is the bums they hire and then refuse to cut them loose until they give them an extension. Plus, even when they accidentally hire a good one, they dump all over the team that results. If fact, even when they do it right, putting together enough $$$ to hire Howard, who was a serious top guy, they then ***** it up by not supporting him. He wanted an on campus smaller stadium and they did nothing but get in his way. MI football sucks despite everything: Miami football was great despite everything.
 
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