Brad Stevens signs a 12 year extension with Butler
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You know i didnt believe it so I had to look it up. 12 years is a long time for any coach.
http://www.cbssports.com/...8810?tag=headlines;other
http://www.cbssports.com/...8810?tag=headlines;other
That's mainly for his security, and for the purposes of a buy out if he starts sucking. They'll have to pay him ridiculous money to go away in a few years if he just lays down and quits working.
He won't do that, but that's all it does. If he takes them to another Final Four or keeps having success, Butler is going to have to amend the contract and give him a raise or two and an extension, and he can still leave whenever he wants. I would imagine given his negotiating position that his buy out of the contract is pretty low, and if he has more success, any school that wants him would foot the bill on whatever his buyout is.
He won't do that, but that's all it does. If he takes them to another Final Four or keeps having success, Butler is going to have to amend the contract and give him a raise or two and an extension, and he can still leave whenever he wants. I would imagine given his negotiating position that his buy out of the contract is pretty low, and if he has more success, any school that wants him would foot the bill on whatever his buyout is.
But I do know that Wake Forest isn't going to do any better than the record he had there. And they're not going to be able to go out and hire a big name coach. Not too many coaches with promising futures are going to want to sacrifice that by coaching at the runt in the backyard of North Carolina and Duke (and even NC State if they ever get their **** together).
The guy looks like someone who wants to win, not someone looking for a school with deep pockets. Besides, after the first half a million it gets harder to spend all that money.