Any Word On What Happened
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I was excited about Rossi after playing ND in the pinstripe bowl but it didn't carry over. I think we need a clean break from the Flood era unfortunately and while I think Rossi would be a great position coach it's probably better to just move on.
saw in one of the latest app.com articles that he has a 2.75mill budget for the assistants. Is that enough to bring in all the better assistant coaches? (it didnt seem that much higher than what Flood had)
Here are the 2014 Assistant salaries.
Friedgen (OC) $500k
Rossi (DC) $300k
Fraser (STC & LB) $300k
D Wilson (DB) $260k
Panagos (DL) $250k
N Wilson (RB) $210k
McDaniels (WR) $200k
Browning (OL) $200k
Campanile (WR) $125k
Total $2.345mil
So Ash has approx. $400k more to work with. How do you divide it up? I guess you could stay with the OC # but DC will have to be paid more as likely any WR coach.
The assistant coaches just held a conference call and said that have no reason to believe they won't be assistant coaches here at Rutger for a long time. They are in fact getting on a helecopter tomorrow to recruit out on Long Island.
I'm willing to bet he hires a much better staff, all-around, than this one. Just a "gut" here.
The question though is $. You could pay your OC and DC $500k and the other 7 coaches an average of $250k and stay within the $2.75 million. Can he get who he wants for that? Maybe not his 1st choice at every position but good coaches none the less?
Why would he spend the money on a DC, when he can save that money by assuming the role himself? He can hire a solid position coach and upgrade his pay, make him assistant DC, but nowhere near 500k. Campanile makes 200k. Find another young, hungry guy like that with some recruiting clout at Campanile's old rate of $125k. Spend around 500-700k for a good OC that can recruit. And upgrade all other position coaches. Pre-requisit for all new coaches... YOU MUST BE A KNOWN RECRUITER!!!
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Right. On my end I didnt mean to insinuate one way or the other. It just seemed like the 400K difference to me wasn't a huge difference (compared to the old compiled salaries). So when thinking in terms of the way conversations have been going around here and what Ive read elsewhere----HC rate leaving enough for top notch assistants, we need to bring in great crop of assts, etc. I was just curious if I was wrong in thinking the 400K wasnt a large difference to jump from what people disapproved of from our recent past to what they hoped for with the new staff? or if that is actually a fairly meaningful amount to change the type/level that people want or expect.
That's why I posted the 2014 salaries to give a frame of reference.
Mike brings up a point about a DC but I wonder if you can expect him to do both jobs at this point? Mike would know better but it sure seems like a lot to ask of a 1st time head coach.
Those were the most recent #'s I could find. Never said you can fall back on the bad old days of low balling any coach. I'm just throwing numbers out that keep you within the $2.75 million ceiling.
You may know. Wasn't there a season late in his time here where Schiano took over the DB's but also had a designated DB coach? Maybe Hafley?
I don't think it would be a big deal if he say hired a solid recruiting position coach and delegated some of the duties. He needs to be creative with his money. He is a great DC so why not put more money on the other side of the football and then have plenty of money to pay a solid staff. I think he is going to have to take some shots on a couple of young coaches and pay them around the 150k area. They can learn well from better position coaches along the way.
Here is how a solid salary breakdown could look.
Assistant DC/Pos/- $375k
D coach/ST coordinator-350k
D coach- 300k
D assistant/ST (quality control) 125k
2 D G/A- no money
OC/ pos coach-$650k
Campanile 200k (under contract)
O coach 300k
O coach 300k
O assistant/ST(quality control) 150k
2 O G/A no money
2.75 million 9 paid coach staff. with 4 GA positions
Assistant DC/Pos/- $375k
D coach/ST coordinator-350k
D coach- 300k
D assistant/ST (quality control) 125k
2 D G/A- no money
OC/ pos coach-$650k
Campanile 200k (under contract)
O coach 300k
O coach 300k
O assistant/ST(quality control) 150k
2 O G/A no money
2.75 million 9 paid coach staff. with 4 GA positions
