[NU Sports] Walker's salary

[John A. DeGroat]

Great observation Jeff!  Barnett because of his charisma got 
endorsements when he was at NU from Burger King and even from the 
Orrington Hotel plus he had a radio program.  There is nothing about 
Walker that would attract an advertiser.  Maybe the marketing department 
at the Kellogg School could make Randy a class project as an example of 
a tough selling job.
John DeGroat


Jeff Beamsley wrote:

> 
>Harry,
>
>Sorry I have to pick on you again, but we ARE paying a lot of money to RW.
>
>The daily lists Walker's salary at $602,887
>
>Lloyd Carr's salary is half that much at UoM, but his total package is
>estimated to be between $1M and $1.5M.
>
>Barnett makes $1.6M a year (including slush funds) but his salary is only
>$200K.  Ron Zook has a similar package.
>
>Tressel is at a similar salary as Carr but his total package may be closer
>to $2M.  
>
>Ferentz comes the closest in salary at $582,800 with a total package in the
>same $1.5 - $2M range.
>
>I don't have numbers on all of the BT coaches, but in terms of salary Walker
>seems the highest paid.  It is certainly possible that he doesn't make as
>much in terms of total package and so the board feels that they have to make
>some of that up in salary because he doesn't have some of the big
>endorsement and personal appearance opportunities that the much bigger
>schools have.  But all of the "extra" money for these other coaches isn't
>coming out of the athletic department budget either.  It is whatever is
>considered their fair share of revenue that they are generating for the
>school.  
>
>So don't claim that RW is here because we can't afford any better.
>
>Jeff
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com [mailto:nwu-sports-bounces at tssi.com] On
>Behalf Of Hakirsch at aol.com
>Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 4:26 PM
>To: CHerron604 at aol.com; nwu-sports at tssi.com
>Subject: Re: [NU Sports] OSU game highlighted Randy Walker's shortcomings
>
>Let me clarify a few things--If we were to find a coach who could
>consistently win with the tough academic standards that we have, we would
>likely have to pay a ton of money for he and his staff to retain them
>--(That is, they would be considered top coaching prospects and likely hot
>commodities for major programs where they would get waved a lot of money at
>them-to move -does this sound familiar  ?--read GB) I don't want us to be at
>the top of charts for coaches' salaries.
>
>If Basanez is in fact the key reason for two 5-3 years in Conf (hopefully
>!), RW should get credit for recruiting him (or under his direction). 
>
>Us Techies such as Chuck can argue what is middle of the pack--6.7 out of 11
>in my mind is middle of the pack--as it is in the middle third--but to each
>their own-- 
>
>While I am in no position to know, I strongly suspect NU did not pay out $16
>MM --I assume we had some insurance which probably picked up a good portion
>of it 
>
>But back to the underlying question--should NU keep RW or not ?--Well the
>answer should be no if you think you can find someone who will do a better
>job--hey I like the idea of Fitz down the road--exemplifies all of the
>wonderful things NU athletics stand for--but tell me who do you think we
>could get right now  to improve our performance and be willing to pay his
>market value ?--Remember if they are that good, they are probably going to
>leave for either more money or more opportunity to win soon after they
>become known.
>
>Harry
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