Geoff Collins agrees to extension**

[dawgstudent]

http://blogs.clarionledger.com/msu/...or-geoff-collins-agree-to-contract-extension/

 

[BigMotherTucker]

The best signee we'll get this year.

 

[coach66]

This my friend made my day. The guy is gonna have an unbelievable defense next

year.

 

[UpTheMiddlex3Punt]

The money is too much.

 

[dawgstudent]

And he got paid - 1.2 million for 2 years. 575K in year 1 and 625K in year 2.

Almost doubled his salary.

 

[esplanade91]

Drinks on Collins!

 

[Hump4Hoops]

Makes him a top 15 SEC salary assistant in '14, possibly top 10 in '15.

 

[hatfieldms]

Nice

....

 

[Seinfeld]

I'm very pleased with this. It tells me that Scott's willing to step up to the plate when Mullen has someone on his team that he's adamant about retaining. It kinda makes me wonder about the attrition of some of our coaches, though. Were they simply given offers elsewhere that they couldn't refuse or did Dan not lobby as hard to keep them as he clearly did with Collins?

 

[Wicked Pissah]

Harumph

 

[Hump4Hoops]

I think it's some of both

Diaz got hired to Texas - probably a job he wouldn't turn down regardless of the money - AND the money was insane. Koenning went back home. Balis went to coach with his best buddy.

Who are some of the others I'm missing? I know there's several more.

 

[engie]

Makes him #26 nationally among all assistant coaches or thereabouts.

Finally paying him what he's worth and what we can afford. Bang up job by all involved!

 

[coach66]

I'll repeat myself, one of the big cigar boys told me that Mullen has all the

latitude he needs from Scott to pay his assistants. It is up to him.

 

[57stratdawg]

Basically what I was expecting - $600,000. Good for Collins. I would expect basically every other coach on the staff to get a bump up as well. There is more money to be spent on our coaching staff, I'm assuming it probably won't be as public as Collins' raise.

 

[dawgstudent]

And @HailStateFB announced that there will be more news regarding other staff salary adjustments. So sounds like in the assistant pay spectrum of MSU football, business is good.

 

[engie]

Basically what I was expecting - $600,000. Good for Collins. I would expect basically every other coach on the staff to get a bump up as well. There is more money to be spent on our coaching staff, I'm assuming it probably won't be as public as Collins' raise.

The official release said other contracts should be completed and announced shortly...

Rumor is that we should have about another $2-300k to throw around...

 

[Digging dog]

And @HailStateFB announced that there will be more news regarding other staff salary adjustments. So sounds like in the assistant pay spectrum of MSU football, business is good.

There should be no more excuses now. I hate hearing that we don't have or can keep good coordinators because we can't afford to pay them well. New facilities, soon to be new stadium expansion, and Now the ability to get and retain a quality staff.
No more excuses.

 

[57stratdawg]

That's basically what I was told too. Townsend is next inline.

 

[Jgbishop]

Now a solid OC hire and someone to handle ST could really change the year we gave next year. Let's hope these pieces fall together as well

 

[BoDawg.sixpack]

Those were my thoughts exactly

We have everything we need to attract and keep top coaching talent. We should no longer think of ourselves as the little brother of the SEC.