Disagree. 1.25M per year is more than acceptable for a basketball coach in a conference like hours. We're quadrupling his pay and bringing him to a lower cost state as well.
1.24M is a heavy price to pay for potential. We are quadrupling his salary on potential. We couldn't we just triple his salary? Why couldn't we renegotiate after 3 good years here?
If this is your man then you have to get him by all means. I'm sure that USF's offered a lower salary, but Coaches have agents to and they will do their job. After 3 years??? If he does a great job after 1 season then he might be negotiating a new a extension. Jobs up north will come open and Coach Masiello will be a name that comes up for one of those jobs.
If he is gone after 1 year he is gone. I am not afraid to lose a coach because of success.
Btw, who is the last coach USF lost for success?
We should write into his contract, if he leaves after 1 year he has to foot the bill for Holtz, Heath, Cosh, Leavitt, and Doug.