[Jamesy]

Unless the new MBB coach brings in a bunch of transfers (which would require the coach to have excellent blackmail on admissions officials), we're looking at a ceiling of probably under 10 wins next year.  This is going be the worst MBB team in decades.  

They'd better hire an amazing coach to make this coaching change worthwhile, because the transition period is going to be painful.

So why would any "amazing" coach want to get involved in this mess?  Maybe only if he is amazingly stupid.  We aren't going to drive a Brinks truck up and pay him multiple millions to take the job. Only way we can offer any real money considering the probable revenue stream would be if some alumni endows the job with big bucks. Many coaches are willing to take on a challenge, but they need to find a new word to describe our situation.
To field a team next year that could win more than 5 games will take some amazing portal luck.  If Benny is our best player next year, we might not win any.

Didn't Shaw make 9 million a year?  They could back up the truck if they were serious.  But TBD.

According to the most recent form 990 in CY21 Shaw made "only" $7.4m....

https://bondholder-information.stanford....rm-990.pdf

the other four "highly compensated employees" listed are

- FRANK HANLEY CHIEF, PED CARDIOTHORACIC - $4.7m
- JAY KANG SR. MD, SMC - $2.5m
- MARK SHOBERG SR. MD, SMC - $2.5m
- YIPING WOO PROF. & CHAIR, CARDIO SURGERY - $2.7m

other people making $1m+ in other categories

officers

- ROBERT F. WALLACE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, SMC - $5.1m
- MARTIN SHELL VP & CHIEF ERO - $1.7m
- ROBERT C. REIDY VP LAND, BUILDINGS & REAL EST - $1.7m
- RANDALL LIVINGSTON VP BUS AFFAIRS/CFO - $1.5m
- MARC TESSIER-LAVIGNE PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE - $1.1m

Key employees

- LLOYD B. MINOR DEAN, SCHOOL OF MEDICINE - $2.1m

If you paid Taylor and the new MBB coach combined Shaw's salary, you'd be able to get a pretty good MBB coach...

[Jamesy]

Unless the new MBB coach brings in a bunch of transfers (which would require the coach to have excellent blackmail on admissions officials), we're looking at a ceiling of probably under 10 wins next year.  This is going be the worst MBB team in decades.  

They'd better hire an amazing coach to make this coaching change worthwhile, because the transition period is going to be painful.

So why would any "amazing" coach want to get involved in this mess?  Maybe only if he is amazingly stupid.  We aren't going to drive a Brinks truck up and pay him multiple millions to take the job. Only way we can offer any real money considering the probable revenue stream would be if some alumni endows the job with big bucks. Many coaches are willing to take on a challenge, but they need to find a new word to describe our situation.
To field a team next year that could win more than 5 games will take some amazing portal luck.  If Benny is our best player next year, we might not win any.

Didn't Shaw make 9 million a year?  They could back up the truck if they were serious.  But TBD.

According to the most recent form 990 in CY21 Shaw made "only" $7.4m....

https://bondholder-information.stanford....rm-990.pdf

the other four "highly compensated employees" listed are

- FRANK HANLEY CHIEF, PED CARDIOTHORACIC - $4.7m
- JAY KANG SR. MD, SMC - $2.5m
- MARK SHOBERG SR. MD, SMC - $2.5m
- YIPING WOO PROF. & CHAIR, CARDIO SURGERY - $2.7m

other people making $1m+ in other categories

officers

- ROBERT F. WALLACE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, SMC - $5.1m
- MARTIN SHELL VP & CHIEF ERO - $1.7m
- ROBERT C. REIDY VP LAND, BUILDINGS & REAL EST - $1.7m
- RANDALL LIVINGSTON VP BUS AFFAIRS/CFO - $1.5m
- MARC TESSIER-LAVIGNE PRESIDENT/TRUSTEE - $1.1m

Key employees

- LLOYD B. MINOR DEAN, SCHOOL OF MEDICINE - $2.1m

If you paid Taylor and the new MBB coach combined Shaw's salary, you'd be able to get a pretty good MBB coach...