[Husker] Rodriguez

[Bob Beach]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Volk" <jeffv at alphavideo.com>
To: "Bob Beach" <rbeach at neb.rr.com>; <husker at tssi.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2006 6:19 PM
Subject: RE: [Husker] Rodriguez



>>First, Rodriguez is a WV native who played at WVU.


     Which, of course, does indeed draw some loyalty and consideration. 
But, this is a business and I doubt if the shoe were on the other foot WV 
would bat an eye to relieve him of his duties if they thought it was 
necessary so loyalty only goes so far in the coaches mind.


>>Second, the deal at Bama was for around $2 million per with incentives
that could have reached another $500k per.


      Which is around double what he made in 2006.


>>From what I understand WVU is giving Rodriguez a substantial raise
(thanks to some WVU boosters that stepped in at the 11th hour and
convinced him to stay) but that his total comp package would still top
out at around $2 million per with incentives...a potential difference of
about $500k.


     Now we get to the nuts and bolts of why he really stayed.  And, I don't 
blame him at all.  It got to where the salary at both places were virtually 
the same and it came down to where he would rather be.  With his ties to WV 
he naturally chose that one all other things being virtually equal.  It 
tells me if the boosters hadn't stepped in at the 11th hour he would be the 
Head Coach in Tuscaloosa.  As I said in another post there aren't many TO's 
out there.  Money is usually the deciding factor.


Bob Beach

I never learned anything when I was the one doing the talking.