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<blockquote data-quote="Charleston Mountie" data-source="post: 129521398" data-attributes="member: 1427666">All assistants are tied to the tenure of the head coach and their other role outside of coaching is to be a bargaining chip when things go sour for the head coach. Tying those chips to a multi-year contract is not wise. They earn their job every year or they get the boot. This does not mean they need to be in the top ten nationally in their area, just competent and showing some meaningful level of improvement. That is no different than any private sector employment position. Few functionaries in any organization have golden parachutes, I see zero reason any assistant should have one unless he has been tabbed for a higher position in the short term.Recruits do not care about assistant coaches and few care about the head coach the way the fans seem to think they do. Most recruits in college football have absurd aspirations of going pro and they only care about the path to get there. Of course few of them are actually worthy of pro-level but they all still care. You might want to follow a young hot recruit around a bit and see what they care about. Here's a hint, it aint what is printed in the paper or mouthed by some bobblehead on ESPN.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Charleston Mountie, post: 129521398, member: 1427666"] All assistants are tied to the tenure of the head coach and their other role outside of coaching is to be a bargaining chip when things go sour for the head coach. Tying those chips to a multi-year contract is not wise. They earn their job every year or they get the boot. This does not mean they need to be in the top ten nationally in their area, just competent and showing some meaningful level of improvement. That is no different than any private sector employment position. Few functionaries in any organization have golden parachutes, I see zero reason any assistant should have one unless he has been tabbed for a higher position in the short term. Recruits do not care about assistant coaches and few care about the head coach the way the fans seem to think they do. Most recruits in college football have absurd aspirations of going pro and they only care about the path to get there. Of course few of them are actually worthy of pro-level but they all still care. You might want to follow a young hot recruit around a bit and see what they care about. Here's a hint, it aint what is printed in the paper or mouthed by some bobblehead on ESPN. [/QUOTE]

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