The second investigation. Is anyone else bracing themselves?

[RU2055]

I think old convention was that assistants usually operated on 1 year contracts but I think that's started to change a bit the last handful of years and you do see more 2 year contracts. I can't tell you where we are on that. I do think though that if these guys land other jobs, which you think most will because they want to continue their careers, that RU would be only responsible for the difference in pay.

Two year deals on assistants

 

[RU2055]

You guys need to seriously stop this lynch mob mentality.

 

[RU5781]

I don't think anyone but KF has a guaranteed contract. Most assistants are on one year contracts so when the head coach is let go there is no buyout for the staff. And KF buyout is already covered by Towers. So changing up for Rutgers isn't that expensive.

From all accounts, Towers isn't paying anymore. He has stomped his foot, take his ball, and gone home.

 

[RU5781]

I think McDaniels got a two year deal. I would guess the total would be in the neighborhood of $1M, maybe a little more.

I think he's making 400k per year.

 

[cohwx]

From all accounts, Towers isn't paying anymore. He has stomped his foot, take his ball, and gone home.

Is he the one who pledged to pay any buyout if Flood was canned? Wouldn't something like that have been put in writing, an official contract? If not, anyone could make a pledge to pay and it would be meaningless.

 

[RUJohnny99]

I seem to recall that, at some point there were assistants who had 24 month contracts - but am not sure where to look that up - and even if they did, I would not know where there are now in their contract

I don't have time to do it today, but here's every coach's contract

http://records.rutgers.edu/frequently-requested-documents/frequently-requested-documents

 

[RU5781]

Is he the one who pledged to pay any buyout if Flood was canned? Wouldn't something like that have been put in writing, an official contract? If not, anyone could make a pledge to pay and it would be meaningless.

Yep. That's what I understand.
Though @RUJohnny99 found an awesome note about Flood's contract. We'd only owe him like 16k a month until 2019 under the terms of the buyout.

 

[RUbanks]

Just read McDaniels' contract. Check out Section D - "Head Coach's Separation." Sounds like if Flood is fired for cause, then the assistants' contracts will terminate after 90 days. Hmmm...

 

[RU5781]

Just read McDaniels' contract. Check out Section D - "Head Coach's Separation." Sounds like if Flood is fired for cause, then the assistants' contracts will terminate after 90 days. Hmmm...

Great minds think alike...I JUST started a thread on this...

 

[RUJohnny99]

Just read McDaniels' contract. Check out Section D - "Head Coach's Separation." Sounds like if Flood is fired for cause, then the assistants' contracts will terminate after 90 days. Hmmm...

or resigns.

 

[RUsSKii]

From all accounts, Towers isn't paying anymore. He has stomped his foot, take his ball, and gone home.

It's almost unbelievable to me that a contract extension with a buyout increase would be inked the additional pledged funds being in writing. And if the accounts end up true, then he should have zero influence with Rutgers athletics from here on out.

 

[Caliknight]

Most schools would just fire a coach because he sucks. Only at Rutgers do they do investigations to fire a coach, costing as much as the buy out, only to be told to fire him anyway.

Ugggh

 

[ho26rus]

Cali did not Barchi do that with Rice
He said I am not firing for cause
I am just firing him period
He embarrassed our University

I think after
that they negotiated a settlement

 

[Caliknight]

No he didn't do that. He fired him well after the incident and only after the media went berserk.

He should have fired him immediately. He didn't.

 

[megadrone]

The report in September noted that Rutgers couldn't prove that Flood was informed of school's policy for coaches contacting instructors. Basically, he was able to play the "Aw shucks, I didn't know that was wrong" card. This seems to fit in with what RUsilencer said.

How could he play that card when he documented that he was trying to be anonymous in his contact? Why can't you fire someone for being an idiot?

 

[RUskoolie]

Anyone else notice Barchi has the hand writing of a 3rd grader?