Why would what we are paying Key now matter at all to a future coach? All that would matter is what we are willing to pay them at that future time, and I don't think we are required to pay $3m/yr to all future head coaches just because we did for this one. If Key is successful like we hope, his salary here won't be that low for very long anyway.
Your take approaches the definition of "glass half empty". Maybe if you gave it some more thought you could find some other aspects to criticize.
I can imagine, and this is pure speculation, that the salary negotiations went something like this:
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Look, remember, we are engineers.Your take approaches the definition of "glass half empty". Maybe if you gave it some more thought you could find some other aspects to criticize.
Seriously, although you raise some good points, I don't follow your logic about the low salary making it difficult to attract his successor.
I'd have offered more incentives particularly for making and winning the ACC title game & 10 wins, but this is a solid contract. You figure $100k is roughly 2k fans at 1 game, so if we win 10 or more games it would easily pay off. I hope they give the Assistants some of the incentives, too. They all should have a lot of skin in the game for winning."The contract does offer Key a chance to add to his income through a variety of incentives. They include $100,000 for an eight-win season and another $100,000 for a 10-win season. If the Jackets win six regular-season games and go to a bowl game (outside of the College Football Playoff), Key will earn $50,000 and an extra $50,000 if Tech wins the bowl game.
Similarly, Key will receive $50,000 for leading Tech into the ACC title game and another $50,000 for winning it."
Brent Key’s deal with Georgia Tech: 5 years, $15 million
New Georgia Tech coach Brent Key won’t receive the salary that most of his peers in the ACC are receiving. But his potential for success – and seeing more generous extensions – has been augmented with a larger salary pool for his staff.www.ajc.com
Thank you. I would have guessed a much lower number.
I’d have included 200k just for beating Ugag.
The increased pool for assistants and staff may be the single most important part of the deal. Ken's tweet said it was a 30% increase, but it seems more than that to me based on what little I know of staff salaries. Someone remarked in the tweet's comments that the pool was only $3M when Collins was hired. That sounds about right.
Nothing for a natty or a playoff?"The contract does offer Key a chance to add to his income through a variety of incentives. They include $100,000 for an eight-win season and another $100,000 for a 10-win season. If the Jackets win six regular-season games and go to a bowl game (outside of the College Football Playoff), Key will earn $50,000 and an extra $50,000 if Tech wins the bowl game.
Similarly, Key will receive $50,000 for leading Tech into the ACC title game and another $50,000 for winning it."
Brent Key’s deal with Georgia Tech: 5 years, $15 million
New Georgia Tech coach Brent Key won’t receive the salary that most of his peers in the ACC are receiving. But his potential for success – and seeing more generous extensions – has been augmented with a larger salary pool for his staff.
CPJ had about 3M, CGC had a little over 5.
