The numbers are staggering...
- Thread starter Rick Cleveland
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Most of those guys, college football coaches, are really just astronomically overpaid PE teachers.
But that’s the society we live in and it’s values in life.
But that’s the society we live in and it’s values in life.
I think this is a good thing. It keeps our AD's from getting too stupid. Whole lot easier to fire a coach with less than four years than one with ten.
["Besides, state law limits Mississippi’s state-supported schools from offering contracts of more than four years."}
["Besides, state law limits Mississippi’s state-supported schools from offering contracts of more than four years."}
Really unbelievable is the state of college football these days...
This take is just so narrow minded. Starry Night by Van Gogh is just simple paint on canvas that people do all over the world every day. College Football coaches, through no fault of their own making, are a large part that drives a multi-billion dollar industry. Someone has to be paid the money they are generating. If it was an easy job that any PE teacher could do, then there wouldn't be so much failure. Since only a few guys seem to figure it out, their talent is in high demand. Therefore the high salaries.
Thanks, Rick...always appreciate how you concisely yet completely capture the situation in an entertaining way!
Plus, there is currently no off-season. These guys have to be dedicated to working almost 24/7, looking for any little edge they can. Especially in the SEC. That's why Freeze and Kelly are being criticized for playing golf.
Then there's this whole concept that tou can be fired at almost anytime and have to uproot your whole family and try again.
I disagree. I’ve personally played football and experienced different coaches at several different levels, and I’ve experienced high school coaches that were more capable than the college coaches. I actually experienced youth football coaches that were way more capable than high school assistants. This is not rocket science. Most of these guys were in the right places at the right times and made the right connections.
Most any good high school team’s head coach doesn’t have a real off season or summer either for the same reasons.