you have always got a lot of good reasons why we shouldnt get rid of dooley and hire a big time coach, let me explain something to you, do you remember when every game at neyland was a sell out? do you know why that was? it was because we didnt have a doofus for a head coach and we had a chance to win every game we played. and im not even talking about when fulmer was coach im saying even when kiffin was a coach, because as much as people hate kiffin as a person you cant argue that he is a good coach. we have a coach that loses us every game we play in so its no surprise to me when we pack in 50000 fans in a stadium that holds over 100000 that our revenues are down. get someone in here that can sellout every game and there will be no money problem at ut.
Agreed... Mr. Fister, If the athletic administration at UT are being any kind of decent stewards of the football program income... UT's football budget should be able to support the salaries of quality coaches and staff, any needed equipment, new dorms, build up a decent reserve account, and almost anything else they need... that is, if the stewardship entrusted to them handled wisely.
Consider, if you will, the football income:
1) Gate receipts (tickets cost approximately $150 each,
on average) and parking fees
2) concessions sales (do you realize the markup here???)
3) Souvenir and licensed product sales
4) Television and other media income
5) donations from "prominent donors" and estates
Our football income should hover somewhere around $75 million per year, or more (6 home game schedule).
Now, deduct:
1) coaching salaries,
2) event staff salaries,
3) AD dept cut,
4) cost of concessions,
5) souvenir products,
6) legal costs,
7) travel expenses,
8) paying visiting team
9) other miscellaneous expenses, etc...
and the program should have a surplus each year of somewhere between $10 - 25 million. Where is that surplus going?
UT should have the revenue available to pay for any coaching staff Dave Hart is interested in hiring, including any buyouts needed.
