Porkalicious, indeed. How does it advance the mission of the university to provide a family membership to the Eugene Country Club AND the Downtown Athletic Club AND provide costs for traveling the coach’s family to away games? Surely the take-home pay of a football coach is sufficient to take care of his family expenses…
Or does the university provide such fringe benefits when awarding say, “Distinguished Professor” status? Surely those families sacrificed, too, on the route to such a position.
I didn’t think so.
The salary itself is a large enough “fuck you!” to the thousands who truly keep the institution alive and moving forward. Except for cars (and I can see that, for those what must travel regularly on University business), no one else is eligible for such perks. For shame.
Arg
12/12/2016
According to Schill, the budget problems lay at the feet of the faculty and staff unions:
“We project that the UO’s educational and general operating expenses will increase approximately $25 million next year largely due to salary increases contained in our faculty and staff labor contracts, rising health-care costs, and the extraordinary increase in our required contribution to the state’s unfunded pension (PERS) liability.”
I think $9.5 million would go a long way to paying a whole lotta classified staff wages and benefits (let’s talk about all those temp food service workers who get no benefits…)
steve
12/14/2016
Wait until you see the contract for the new defensive coordinator: highest assistant coach salary in the HISTORY of the Pac-12. One would think that for the money he would be impeccable. One would be wrong:
The 2016 CU defense was good, except against Washington. Still, it had 8 seniors in the starting 11.
The 2015 team was not very good. A 4-9 record, including the win over Hawaii.
In his 2 years at CU, 2015 and 16, CU was not in the top 50 in recruiting rankings either year.
He had some minor success in his only stint as a Head Coach, at USF, but as a poster above mentioned, it culminated with some alleged misconduct (which he denied), and a school finding that he hampered the investigation (as players began changing their stories) and lied to investigators. This is Wiki’s version, so you be the judge:
“On January 8, 2010, Leavitt was fired after an investigation by USF officials found that he had struck a player in the locker room during halftime of a game against Louisville the previous November 21. Leavitt claimed he was merely trying to console the player and never struck him. School officials found that Leavitt was not truthful about what happened, and also found that he had interfered with the investigation.[7] ESPN’s Ivan Maisel reported that Leavitt’s interference, which included telling several players and coaches to change their stories, was the biggest factor in the decision to fire him.[8] The Tampa Tribune reported that school president Judy Genshaft and athletic director Doug Woolard felt they had no choice but to fire Leavitt after he refused to admit he had done anything wrong.”
Porkalicious, indeed. How does it advance the mission of the university to provide a family membership to the Eugene Country Club AND the Downtown Athletic Club AND provide costs for traveling the coach’s family to away games? Surely the take-home pay of a football coach is sufficient to take care of his family expenses…
Or does the university provide such fringe benefits when awarding say, “Distinguished Professor” status? Surely those families sacrificed, too, on the route to such a position.
I didn’t think so.
The salary itself is a large enough “fuck you!” to the thousands who truly keep the institution alive and moving forward. Except for cars (and I can see that, for those what must travel regularly on University business), no one else is eligible for such perks. For shame.
According to Schill, the budget problems lay at the feet of the faculty and staff unions:
“We project that the UO’s educational and general operating expenses will increase approximately $25 million next year largely due to salary increases contained in our faculty and staff labor contracts, rising health-care costs, and the extraordinary increase in our required contribution to the state’s unfunded pension (PERS) liability.”
I think $9.5 million would go a long way to paying a whole lotta classified staff wages and benefits (let’s talk about all those temp food service workers who get no benefits…)
Wait until you see the contract for the new defensive coordinator: highest assistant coach salary in the HISTORY of the Pac-12. One would think that for the money he would be impeccable. One would be wrong:
The 2016 CU defense was good, except against Washington. Still, it had 8 seniors in the starting 11.
The 2015 team was not very good. A 4-9 record, including the win over Hawaii.
In his 2 years at CU, 2015 and 16, CU was not in the top 50 in recruiting rankings either year.
He had some minor success in his only stint as a Head Coach, at USF, but as a poster above mentioned, it culminated with some alleged misconduct (which he denied), and a school finding that he hampered the investigation (as players began changing their stories) and lied to investigators. This is Wiki’s version, so you be the judge:
“On January 8, 2010, Leavitt was fired after an investigation by USF officials found that he had struck a player in the locker room during halftime of a game against Louisville the previous November 21. Leavitt claimed he was merely trying to console the player and never struck him. School officials found that Leavitt was not truthful about what happened, and also found that he had interfered with the investigation.[7] ESPN’s Ivan Maisel reported that Leavitt’s interference, which included telling several players and coaches to change their stories, was the biggest factor in the decision to fire him.[8] The Tampa Tribune reported that school president Judy Genshaft and athletic director Doug Woolard felt they had no choice but to fire Leavitt after he refused to admit he had done anything wrong.”