Croom Has Won 18 of His First 50 Games

[ExtremeDog]

Why are we paying him $1.7 million?

That's a .360 winning percentage.

That's $94,444 per win.

That's $53,125 per loss.

I wish I could draw that kind of salary for underachieving.

 

[AnalRetentiveReb]

just imagine what you'd be paying if he'd won 30 of his first 50...

 

[vhdawg]

...since he's left at least 12 on the table.

<span style="text-decoration:underline">2004</span>
Maine
Vanderbilt
UAB
Arkansas

<span style="text-decoration:underline">2005</span>
Houston
Kentucky

<span style="text-decoration:underline">2006</span>
Tulane
Georgia
Kentucky
Ole Miss

<span style="text-decoration:underline">2008</span>
La Tech
Auburn

 

[lanceharbor7]

I'm so depressed I can't even blink." - Bill Dauterive/MSU Football Fans

 

[beachbumdawg]

Actually it is worse than that....you are only taking this years salary into account in your calcs.

Assumptions:
2004-900K
2005-900K
2006-950K
2007-950K
Cumulative Total: 3.7M

Record over his 1st 4 years: 17-30 (W-L)
So over the last 4 years his salary on a per game basis:
78,723 dollars deposited after each game (whether win or loss) at First National Bank of Tuscaloosa

So he has made: 2,364,300 for his 30 losses and 1,335,700 for his 17 wins

This year (2008) however he is going to make: 141,666 per game, so he got a raise of (180% on a per game basis) 62,943 per game for having a .361 career winning pct

 

[hatfieldms]

We have to pay him what we are to show we can keep up with the rest of the conference. When it is time to go out and get a new coach we need coaches to look at us and not think they will be underpaid. Is he worth it? No. Do we have a choice? no

 

[onemorebeer]

What about the games he "should have lost"? Ole Miss, Auburn, and Alabama 2007 you could arguably all say games that should have been lost.

 

[Red Dawg]

I would trade those 3 games for the other ones we should have won throughout the Croom era. 3 vs. 12 or so? No brainer.

But that logic is flawed. That's why you play game. He lost those 12 games, and won the 3 you mentioned, and that's how it is.

 

[dawgstudent]

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