A few thoughts besides AYFKM:
1. A massive salary bump for the guy already making $4m a year tells me Muir wants to/has the money to increasingly prioritize football (at the expense of, say, 11 other sports?) and clearly has no idea how to do it.
2. Could you imagine being one of the assistant coaches and realizing Shaw now likely makes 15-20x what you do?
3. That additional money could've and should've been spent in more critical places. Here are my suggestions with hypothetical yearly costs:
- Additional recruiting staff (ND now has a director of recruiting for each side of the ball) - $350k for another director and 2 more full-time recruiters to further comb through/identify recruits that we seem to miss year after year
- Additional analysts (Bama has TEN on staff including multiple former HCs) - $500k for 2 former HC/coordinators, 1 on each side of the ball (Chris Petersen would be my first call, FWIW)
- Increasing critical auxiliary assistant salaries (S&C, athletic trainers, graphic/video people, etc.) to attract and keep the best support staff here - 10% bump across the board depending on position and level
- Hiring an actual marketing/social media team, with summer internships for GSB/undergrad/standout area high schoolers, to actually appeal to the broader community and get asses in seats - $500k for a director and 4 associates, with another $50k for a few summer interns
Hypothetically Muir could've done all the above and STILL given Shaw a ~$1m pay bump.
And FWIW I hadn't heard "lifetime contract" but a significant extension.
1. A massive salary bump for the guy already making $4m a year tells me Muir wants to/has the money to increasingly prioritize football (at the expense of, say, 11 other sports?) and clearly has no idea how to do it.
2. Could you imagine being one of the assistant coaches and realizing Shaw now likely makes 15-20x what you do?
3. That additional money could've and should've been spent in more critical places. Here are my suggestions with hypothetical yearly costs:
- Additional recruiting staff (ND now has a director of recruiting for each side of the ball) - $350k for another director and 2 more full-time recruiters to further comb through/identify recruits that we seem to miss year after year
- Additional analysts (Bama has TEN on staff including multiple former HCs) - $500k for 2 former HC/coordinators, 1 on each side of the ball (Chris Petersen would be my first call, FWIW)
- Increasing critical auxiliary assistant salaries (S&C, athletic trainers, graphic/video people, etc.) to attract and keep the best support staff here - 10% bump across the board depending on position and level
- Hiring an actual marketing/social media team, with summer internships for GSB/undergrad/standout area high schoolers, to actually appeal to the broader community and get asses in seats - $500k for a director and 4 associates, with another $50k for a few summer interns
Hypothetically Muir could've done all the above and STILL given Shaw a ~$1m pay bump.
And FWIW I hadn't heard "lifetime contract" but a significant extension.