I’ll bet you they could all take a cut equivalent to my current salary, still pay all their bills, all buy brand new Cadillacs, still eat out every damn day and have a lot left over.Are any of you who are running these guys down taking a pay reduction at your job willingly? These guys have bills to pay just like you.
Edit: I'm not a fan of their coaching btw.
Chaney, Friend, and Weinke all need to agree to pay cuts and it has nothing to do with Covid.Tennessee football: 8 assistants reject pay cuts. Martin, Graham accept
- Offensive coordinator Jim Chaney
- Defensive coordinator Derrick Ansley
- Offensive line coach Will Friend
- Quarterbacks coach Chris Weinke
- Inside linebackers coach Brian Niedermeyer
- Outside linebackers coach Shelton Felton
- Tight ends coach Joe Osovet
- Strength and conditioning coach A.J. Artis
I mean, professionally it’s smart. I’d probably do the same thing, but it’s a bad look.From their perspective it’s probably the other way around. Why give money back to the AD that may very well end up being used for their severance? In a profession where your job security is always tenuous, I don’t blame any of them for not taking a pay cut. Unfortunately that is the world of professional (for them) athletics.
Well, I'm not sure about you, but I know my pockets have been affected by this covid nonsense... and I'm sure a lot more people have been impacted. Now granted, I'm not begging on the Lovell Rd or Shallowford Rd exits and wondering where my next meal is coming from, but I was personally affected.
Does that mean that they have any obligation legally? Nope. And really, there really isn't a strong ethical case other than my personal feelings about how I view the situation.
I'm sure they will sleep well regardless of what a nobody like me says on a messageboard.
I've seen this response from you a couple of times now. Since you like to do financial research about the University of Tennessee Athletic Department, go ahead and show us the revenues these sports bring in. Then add all those revenues together and compare them to what football brings in. I'll wait.Maybe not but Rick Barnes and his staff took a pay cut so optics are bad regardless
Not a leak, public employees ' compensation details and contracts are public records.What is the AD setting up by leaking this info?
How much did football bring in this year and how much will it next if this staff is brought back? I'll waitI've seen this response from you a couple of times now. Since you like to do financial research about the University of Tennessee Athletic Department, go ahead and show us the revenues these sports bring in. Then add all those revenues together and compare them to what football brings in. I'll wait.
Nobody is “required” to take a voluntary pay cut, sure, but you better be confident in your value-add to your organization and/or market value before refusing to “take one for the team.”
Since all of these guys are scrubs, UT should immediately scour their company phones/email inboxes to find absolutely anything that permits their firing for cause.