The original thread was going so far off the rails that I thought I'd try discussing the topic at hand.
I gotta say I'm pretty surprised by this news today. I'd be interested to know why this was done with five years remaining on the original contract. It has me asking all sorts of questions about what's happening in the background. I hope the original contract was below B10 salary levels to see if everybody would be comfortable with a first-time head coach. If so, then the extension makes some sense. Otherwise ...
I like what CC has done so far, but it hasn't blown me away. It's a good start. And if I was the good Dr., there hasn't been enough in the portfolio to make me think CC is without-a-doubt THE guy.
I think you could have easily done the same thing in the fourth or fifth year of the contract.
Frankly, this extension seems like the Jay Cutler extension to me. NU is strongly committing itself to someone who still has some question marks, when it has some time to complete the evaluation.
On the bright side, I hope it shows us how committed CC is.
I gotta say I'm pretty surprised by this news today. I'd be interested to know why this was done with five years remaining on the original contract. It has me asking all sorts of questions about what's happening in the background. I hope the original contract was below B10 salary levels to see if everybody would be comfortable with a first-time head coach. If so, then the extension makes some sense. Otherwise ...
I like what CC has done so far, but it hasn't blown me away. It's a good start. And if I was the good Dr., there hasn't been enough in the portfolio to make me think CC is without-a-doubt THE guy.
I think you could have easily done the same thing in the fourth or fifth year of the contract.
Frankly, this extension seems like the Jay Cutler extension to me. NU is strongly committing itself to someone who still has some question marks, when it has some time to complete the evaluation.
On the bright side, I hope it shows us how committed CC is.