Don't sell us short, we paid him $550k last season.
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I'd hope so otherwise I don't think they'd have raised very much for charity.
SampsonRelpenk
- Edwardsville, IL
Pretty straightforward. I just don't get why we couldn't make that happen.
Could it be putting in the work behind the scenes and helping young men improve their character, maturity, skills, and game when at the same time getting paid less than them the day they walk in the door? He probably just wants 'due' compensation.
Seems like there is more going on behind the scenes than just money in this situation. Any of you insiders care to elaborate?
Revenue-sharing costs forcing Illini to consider trimming other sports: 'It's a very weighty conversation'
Increased financial opportunities for some college athletes might come at a loss to others
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We're one of the poorest athletic departments in the Big Ten and we're about to be hit with more spending on players.
Is Tim likely to be vocal about Illinois grievances to mean streets and such?
What does this mean for those of us not in Mississippi?
I don't see that happening
I agree--not an insider by any means, but sure seems like he's been a great recruiter. Why wouldn't ILL give him an extension?
IlliniwekKDR
- Colorado Springs, CO
then explain Lovie Smith!
From 30m of searching, 550k as an assistant is already in the absolute elite tier. When you are making top tier money, bringing in top tier results is expected. Achieving expectations is not a reason to demand a raise. An extension, maybe.
What I found: Most power 5 assistants make 350-500k, with the distribution heavily weighted to the lower end. I found very, very few assistants earning 600k+. OA was the absolute top assistant salary I found. The next highest were the top Connecticut assistants at 750k and 800k (all inclusive - salary, bonuses, retention bonus). CT is winning national championships. (I'm sure my search probably missed some things. Finding these numbers wasn't easy.)
LOL! It is not mutually exclusive to be putting forth a ton of effort and being generally poor at your job!
Soooo.....were we willing to give that raise and an extension.???......realize that you may not be able to give an exact answer, but maybe a hint.....
Does anyone know who all on the Illinois men’s basketball team is receiving NIL money? I didn’t know how that worked as far as who is eligible to get paid like I’m sure that Kylan Boswell is getting paid and the two guys from overseas and Will Riley but who else on the team would be getting paid will Morez Johnson get NIL money?
That means expect it to air on an ESPN property, possibly streaming exclusive.
It got that bad? Yikes. Must not have been the best work environment for the last couple months then, at least.
Too bad, but confident Brad will make a good replacement hire. A defensive specialist would be welcomed.
0440 - who would you pick if it’s up to you?
Not sure about other programs, but this seems to happen with Brad a lot.
Not an insider, but have friends in football and in the basketball programs, and the rumors I’ve heard have been all over the place.
Some stating this could go as far back to the Chester stuff, where Tim asked for a raise once Chet left. Illinois was focused on replacing him, brought in OA and paid him handsomely, yet he wasn’t here for the elite 8 run.
TA supposedly asked again quietly, was denied, and that’s when it turned cold.
Apparently we weren’t planning on paying out any raises to other assistants until AFTER this season and apparently Geoff is 1st line.
TA is rumored to have taken that pretty personally, given his much more respected recruiting prowess outside of Illinois circles…
Brad apparently then pulled TA off all high priority Chicago land area prospects until this was sorted out, and that’s when TA and began leveraging the Memphis offer, which now has this ship in pretty murky waters if you ask me..
This is all just hearsay atp, but I thought I’d share.
Sock puppets? A light in front of a white curtain? The Muppet's?
The raise and extension comes from Josh not Brad
I will say….we started the OA process before Chester left if that tells you anything about that situation.
Won’t be anyone for this season