I was told you went to Pasadena for the Rose Bowl.
"I did go to Pasadena for the Rose Bowl. I think it'll be a lot more fun when I go again and bring my football team."
Gotta love his moxy. Of course, when Brewster had said this, most people on this board would want him run out of town. I guess it helps that he's the boss.
You've received some backlash for him maintaining a high salary. But because of those duties, are you thinking the backlash isn't necessary? You have to be thinking that you know what you're doing. It's not he'll sit around and do nothing. Is that what you would say to the general public?
"I do know what I'm doing in this regard. Let me talk about the salary. Joel, as athletic director, will receive total compensation this year in the low $500,000s - salary, retirement, bonuses for performance, car allowance, all of those things add up. I'll probably get backlash for that, but that's below-average for an athletic director in the Big Ten. We are in a marketplace and that's the pay for that job. I'm retaining him at his base salary, so his salary next year will be 30 to 35 percent lower than it is this year. That's a good haircut. I expect he'll return many, many times that salary to the university in fundraising and donations that he generates. I'm absolutely certain of it. I wouldn't have made the decision to retain him if I didn't have a job for him. He works 100 percent of the time. He'll work on donor relations, helping the new AD, teaching a couple classes - students will benefit with their interaction with him. It's a full-time job that he'll be doing at 70 percent of his salary for this year."
Strange, but this is almost exactly verbatim what I was thinking of when the "bruhaha" developed over Maturi's future salary. He will bring in far more additional dollars than will be spent on him.
