12-30-2018, 10:34 AM
The issue isn't if Jim Harbaugh is good or not. He is good. The issue is he is being paid so much to be elite and he is not elite.
These college sports programs have it backwards. They pay coaches hoping they perform, not after they do. Look at Cal with the Wilcox extension and Brohm at Purdue. They went 7-5 and 6-6 respectively, but both got big raises, Wilcox with all guaranteed money (Cal always negotiates against itself).
JH should be paid at the $4-5 million range, as that is commensurate with other coaches who are as accomplished as he is. But instead, he's paid at the level of Urban Meyer and Jimbo Fisher, even more than Dabo Swinney, all coaches with National Championship wins.
These college sports programs have it backwards. They pay coaches hoping they perform, not after they do. Look at Cal with the Wilcox extension and Brohm at Purdue. They went 7-5 and 6-6 respectively, but both got big raises, Wilcox with all guaranteed money (Cal always negotiates against itself).
JH should be paid at the $4-5 million range, as that is commensurate with other coaches who are as accomplished as he is. But instead, he's paid at the level of Urban Meyer and Jimbo Fisher, even more than Dabo Swinney, all coaches with National Championship wins.