Pearl raise

#26
#26
I'm sure West is gonna get moved up in the final rankings, so if we happen to get Hopson, i dont see how it couldn't be a top 5 class
 
#27
#27
I highly doubt that Pearl's salary will double after this season. I could see a marginal raise, nothing more.
 
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therealUT said:
I highly doubt that Pearl's salary will double after this season. I could see a marginal raise, nothing more.
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Then you would be completely wrong. The national media got after UT last year for only giving him a marginal raise.
 
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dickens821 said:
Then you would be completely wrong. The national media got after UT last year for only giving him a marginal raise.
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In order to "almost double" his pay, Hamilton would also have to give a huge raise to CPS and CPF. He will get a marginal raise or else Hamilton might as well show Fulmer the door. As much as many on here want the latter to happen, it most definitely is not this spring.
 
#30
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therealUT said:
In order to "almost double" his pay, Hamilton would also have to give a huge raise to CPS and CPF. He will get a marginal raise or else Hamilton might as well show Fulmer the door. As much as many on here want the latter to happen, it most definitely is not this spring.
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It still isn't going to be marginal even if it isn't doubled.
 
#31
#31
I imagine that his raise will be somewhere between $200-500K, in overall compensation.
 
#32
#32
If the UTAD feels that Pearl should get a raise then so be it.

Fulmer on the other hand should be happy he's making what he is.
 
#33
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Alley said:
If the UTAD feels that Pearl should get a raise then so be it.

Fulmer on the other hand should be happy he's making what he is.
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If Hamilton feels that our head basketball coach should be paid more than our head football coach, then he has absolutely no grasp of finances and should not be making any decisions involving money.
 
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therealUT said:
If Hamilton feels that our head basketball coach should be paid more than our head football coach, then he has absolutely no grasp of finances and should not be making any decisions involving money.
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Why not the basketball coach is getting results. Getting great recruits and has tennessee basketball looked upon in a positive light around the country right now. Wish i could say the same about the guy who coaches football.
 
#35
#35
therealUT said:
If Hamilton feels that our head basketball coach should be paid more than our head football coach, then he has absolutely no grasp of finances and should not be making any decisions involving money.
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Can't disagree more. If the basketball coach is in higher demand and other schools are willing to pay more...you had better ante up. The only reason Fulmer shouldn't/won't be making more than the football coach isn't b/c football doesn't make more...it's b/c there is no demand for Fulmer elsewhere.
 
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Cartervol said:
Why not the basketball coach is getting results. Getting great recruits and has tennessee basketball looked upon in a positive light around the country right now. Wish i could say the same about the guy who coaches football.
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It is a business as much as it is a game. Hamilton should know this. Pearl, most likely, also understands this.

Also, it took Fulmer more than one SEC Championship and a National Title to get to his current salary. Unless we make it to the Final Four, I cannot fathom Pearl's compensation package coming within $500K of Fulmer's.
 
#37
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therealUT said:
If Hamilton feels that our head basketball coach should be paid more than our head football coach, then he has absolutely no grasp of finances and should not be making any decisions involving money.
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Not really. There are plenty of coaches who could deliver Fulmer's results for half the money and the football finances would actually be better. On the other hand, the pool of coaches who could do what Pearl has for what he's being paid isn't large.
 
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therealUT said:
It is a business as much as it is a game. Hamilton should know this. Pearl, most likely, also understands this.

Also, it took Fulmer more than one SEC Championship and a National Title to get to his current salary. Unless we make it to the Final Four, I cannot fathom Pearl's compensation package coming within $500K of Fulmer's.
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The shelf life has ended on fulmer's nc and sec championships.
Bruce is a hot commodity. If hamilton doesn't lock him up he'll be snatched up by someone willing to pay him more than he can refuse. Its economics and hamilton knows this.
I don't think hurting phil's feelings matters. It would spell the end of hamilton's time as AD if he let pearl slip away right now.
 
#39
#39
I'm sure Hamilton feels obliged to the folks who've donated - heavily - to the BB program as well.

Without Pearl, I could be wrong, but the practice facility and renovations wouldn't have been built/done.
 
#40
#40
Does anyone think Hamilton wants to go look for a new coach? Either you pay the big $$$ for a known commodity.... or you roll the dice with an up-and-comer and then end up back in the same position in a few years (maybe).
 
#41
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volmanbill said:
Does anyone think Adams wants to go look for a new coach? Either you pay the big $$$ for a known commodity.... or you roll the dice with an up-and-comer and then end up back in the same position in a few years (maybe).
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:blink:
 
#43
#43
hatvol96 said:
Not really. There are plenty of coaches who could deliver Fulmer's results for half the money and the football finances would actually be better. On the other hand, the pool of coaches who could do what Pearl has for what he's being paid isn't large.
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In my opinion, this is one of the best (and most correct) statements posted on this board in ages.

:salute:
 
#44
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therealUT said:
It is a business as much as it is a game. Hamilton should know this. Pearl, most likely, also understands this.

Also, it took Fulmer more than one SEC Championship and a National Title to get to his current salary. Unless we make it to the Final Four, I cannot fathom Pearl's compensation package coming within $500K of Fulmer's.
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Damn right it is a business, and part of business is about exposure. Pearl is in the national media every day promoting our program. Pearl is in high demand, Fulmer is not.

Pearl has taken a very mediocre program and produced a lot of excitement around it at a time when there hasn't been a lot to get excited about in mens' sports. People will go to UT football games whether Fulmer is the HC or not. You cannot say that about basketball.
 
#45
#45
therealUT said:
In order to "almost double" his pay, Hamilton would also have to give a huge raise to CPS and CPF. He will get a marginal raise or else Hamilton might as well show Fulmer the door. As much as many on here want the latter to happen, it most definitely is not this spring.
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If Fulmer wants a raise, he should produce some results worthy of a raise. I'm not really a big fan of the tenure "I've been here the longest so I deserve to be paid the most" mentality. You can say that CPS deserves to make more. Maybe she does, but you are the same one that said it was a business...your argument being that football brought in more money than men's basketball...but men's basketball makes much more money than women's basketball.

I am, however, fine with giving Pat more money. She does bring a lot of attention to UT and she wins championships.
 
#46
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therealUT said:
It is a business as much as it is a game. Hamilton should know this. Pearl, most likely, also understands this.

Also, it took Fulmer more than one SEC Championship and a National Title to get to his current salary. Unless we make it to the Final Four, I cannot fathom Pearl's compensation package coming within $500K of Fulmer's.
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I see your point. I would like to add as much as I like Bruce, we still stunk in the SEC tourney. IMO, if UT makes it to the elite eight=200 more a year,final 4, 400 more a year, n/c game 500, champs, double his salary.
 
#47
#47
Pearl brings more positive media attention to the Tennessee athletics program and school each year than Fulmer has in the last 9 years combined. Give the man his money.
 
#48
#48
vol1981 said:
Just heard on WRCB-TV in Chattanooga that UT is working on a deal that will almost double Pearl's salary.
(If this is OLD news, don't blame me.)
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So he'll make more than Tom Izzo, Thad Matta, Rick Barnes, Bill Self, Roy Williams, and Mike Krzyzewski....yeah right
 
#49
#49
Pearl should be the second to third highest paid coach in the SEC in basketball. This salary should not affect what Summit or Fulmer are making. In fact, UT's athletic department has already come out and said that in the future, the men's bball coach's salary will not affect Summitt's. It's not just the success that he has brought to the program (NCAA appearance every year, back to back Sweet Sixteens, outright reg season champs for first time in 41 years), it's also the overall exposure and excitement that he has brought to the program. While I agree with Hat that there are other coaches out there who could be successful from a basketball standpoint at UT, I would say there are very few that could market the program as well as Pearl has.
 
#50
#50
Pearl has done what he was asked to do, put butts in seats. That 100% effective job has produced concession profits, advertising profits as the TV and radio audiences are peaking. Its raining cash over at UT so

SHOW HIM THE MONEY!
 
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