BleedGopher
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per Shipley:
The University of Minnesota has finally hired an athletics director, but we’re not done with Norwood Teague quite yet. The first order of business for Mark Coyle will be to hold his nose and trigger a buyout on Richard Pitino’s contract that currently sits at $5.7 million.
Gophers fans can thank Teague for that parting gift.
It’s one final kick in the shins from Coyle’s predecessor, who resigned in disgrace after drunkenly harassing two peers on a senior leadership retreat last July. It wasn’t enough for Teague to fire reasonably successful Tubby Smith and replace him with a cipher; just before sneaking out the back door, he raised Pitino’s salary by $400,000 a year and extended his deal through 2021.
John Popper, who plays harmonica for Blues Traveler, was once asked if his intense style ever resulted in him, uh, vomiting. When he answered affirmatively, he was asked how he would keep playing.
“Sometimes,” he said, “you just have to swallow the chunks.”
When it comes to Pitino and his ridiculous buyout, the U’s elders are just going to have to swallow the chunks, and they can thank their former AD for the bad taste in their mouths.
http://www.twincities.com/2016/05/1...ocial&utm_source=Twitter#link_time=1463012762
Go Gophers!!
The University of Minnesota has finally hired an athletics director, but we’re not done with Norwood Teague quite yet. The first order of business for Mark Coyle will be to hold his nose and trigger a buyout on Richard Pitino’s contract that currently sits at $5.7 million.
Gophers fans can thank Teague for that parting gift.
It’s one final kick in the shins from Coyle’s predecessor, who resigned in disgrace after drunkenly harassing two peers on a senior leadership retreat last July. It wasn’t enough for Teague to fire reasonably successful Tubby Smith and replace him with a cipher; just before sneaking out the back door, he raised Pitino’s salary by $400,000 a year and extended his deal through 2021.
John Popper, who plays harmonica for Blues Traveler, was once asked if his intense style ever resulted in him, uh, vomiting. When he answered affirmatively, he was asked how he would keep playing.
“Sometimes,” he said, “you just have to swallow the chunks.”
When it comes to Pitino and his ridiculous buyout, the U’s elders are just going to have to swallow the chunks, and they can thank their former AD for the bad taste in their mouths.
http://www.twincities.com/2016/05/1...ocial&utm_source=Twitter#link_time=1463012762
Go Gophers!!
