Recruiting Football Talk VIII

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gainesvol82 said:
Hey all, been a bit since I posted much but have been lurking and very excited about basketball and the future of football.

I recently received a job offer as a Roofing Account Manager (Sales). Very good benefits, great base, 10% commission on all gross sales, company truck after 100k in sales or 3 months (whichever is first). Boss is a super cool guy and overall range of their handful of guys is $185,000 (only guy under $200k) and highest guy was $317,000 last year. Rest in the 200s. This is considerably more than I currently make and potentially 100-150k more than I have ever made. Research I've done checks out and company had great reviews.

Is this too good to be true? I've always been a top performing sales rep and have a background with service industry sales (painting) where I was easily able to sell 1-1.5 million a year in projects and close around 65% of bids/proposals on jobs we actually wanted. I feel like I would be crazy to turn this down and the VN Recruiting Forum is the only logical place a moran goes for advice....T.I.A.
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If your research hasn’t included speaking with current reps / future teammates, I’d do that and let it be the deciding factor. Only way to know if it’s too good to be true is to ask the folks currently doing the job.

Ask the hiring mgr for contacts for current team. Reps usually shoot other reps straight. They’ll give you the good and the bad. Tell them not to BS you.

If you’ve already done that as part of your research then jump on it! If not, use it as the last step of confirmation on your end.

Good luck and congrats!!
 
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gainesvol82 said:
Hey all, been a bit since I posted much but have been lurking and very excited about basketball and the future of football.

I recently received a job offer as a Roofing Account Manager (Sales). Very good benefits, great base, 10% commission on all gross sales, company truck after 100k in sales or 3 months (whichever is first). Boss is a super cool guy and overall range of their handful of guys is $185,000 (only guy under $200k) and highest guy was $317,000 last year. Rest in the 200s. This is considerably more than I currently make and potentially 100-150k more than I have ever made. Research I've done checks out and company had great reviews.

Is this too good to be true? I've always been a top performing sales rep and have a background with service industry sales (painting) where I was easily able to sell 1-1.5 million a year in projects and close around 65% of bids/proposals on jobs we actually wanted. I feel like I would be crazy to turn this down and the VN Recruiting Forum is the only logical place a moran goes for advice....T.I.A.
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At some point in sales, you take all that knowledge and you're compensated for it.

Id ask several questions, like what's the territory? Do they claw back/chsrgeback?

Do you get windfalled/capped? How long did it take those folks to earn $200?

If a sales job paid everyone $200K then more people would be doing it, think real estate.

Device reps make that, but there are 5 for every 1 Doc. Do you get paid when roof installs? I dunno, if ifs truly consultative, and you're painting a blank canvas, id say go for it. If its high pressure hard sales, id walk away.

To me it is risk reward. And fit.

How young is your family? Do you have to do a lot of cold calling? it is exhausting.
 
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Enki_Amenra said:
I don't want to play ETSU. I'd hate to lose to them and they seem pretty tough right now. . . but mainly I want them to win their regional and knock someone like Arkansas out.
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If we play etsu, the score will definitely be something like 20-15, given how poorly ut’s pitching and infield has been, and ETSU’s pitching is horrendous as well
 
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SoilVol said:
Can two SEC teams not meet in Supers?

Edit: maybe misinterpreted your statement.

We're going to be 15 or 16 so we are going to get paired with LSU or Texas.
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Of course they can and a lot will be.

I meant in general (not always) the non-SEC supers pairings would be the most advantage pairings, and I’m wondering who will get them. I would guess that some non-SEC teams get some of them.
 
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Orange. said:
Of course they can and a lot will be.

I meant in general (not always) the non-SEC supers pairings would be the most advantage pairings, and I’m wondering who will get them. I would guess that some non-SEC teams get some of them.
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Good point, I understand now..

Will be interesting to me to see how Vandy moves. They have #1 RPI and just won the SEC tournament, albeit they didn't play a single team ranked above them. I think they at least jump Auburn, but will they jump OSU, FSU, or Arkansas? I think Ole Miss will jump Clemson and maybe UCLA.

Otherwise, I think we could see matchups like: UNC & Ole Miss, Oregon & UCLA, Arkansas & SoMiss, Florida State & Coastal, Oregon State & UGA, Texas & Clemson while the rest are All SEC matchups - Vandy & Auburn, LSU & Tennessee
 
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Update on the kitten, a little more active today. He's eating well and drinking plenty of water. I'm still worried about his right eye, but noticed the left eye a little more open today.

Didn't get to spend a lot of time with him today, we had a storm blow through and took out a pear tree, of course it fell over my front fence in an area I keep 7 male goats. They loved the small pears and leaves. A little chainsaw work and the tree was off the fence. Had to put up a section of fencing until I can get the wood needed to repair.

But this evening the little kitten was really active and we decided to name him Roman. I'm praying he gets to at least keep one good eye. Please say a little prayer for him if you can. He's so little but gaining strength.IMG_20250525_153426039.jpgIMG_20250525_153503846_HDR.jpg
 
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