Someone from the AP asked Coyle about clarifying the buyout clause on his contract since he just got fired then hired.
It does feel like if they'd waited 12 hours they'd owe him $0, but who knows. Or maybe all of that was negotiated in advance.
I bet he could get Tim a job at any farmer's co-op in NE SD.
Rick Pitino's not going anywhere. He's 69 has massive baggage and a $10 million buyout.
$10 million? No shit?
That's what I've read. If so, props to Iona. I mean Indiana might be desperate enough to pay that after Stevens, Beard and Muss all laugh at them, but no one else will.
It's true, although it does go down to $5M in the third year. I would have thought Rick viewed this as an audition for his final act on the national stage, a stopover to remind ADs that, whatever you think of him, he can still coach. Given that contract, I almost believe him when he says this is his last job. Almost.
Rick wouldn’t want to leave that on the table.
Pitino, but the Gophers have a much better team -- a very different level of competition.
Going from his track record, I'd expect him to cobble together a competitive team his first year and improve over recent records there. The question will be the matter of longer-term sustainability.
Tag the post, and a year from now we'll see if you're right or if I am. The Mountain West loses a lot of key players next year, and the Lobo's will finally get to play games at home. I think Lil' Richard will do pretty well. They have the better record, but we'll have the better team.
I would love to see this happen, Pitino back in the B1G!
Just listened to his appearance with Dan Barreiro. Richard most certainly needs some help with geography. He alludes to living in New Mexico as fulfilling a curiosity about living on "the west coast."
I could go on and on about their cultural history. It's such a culturally rich place. I can't tell you where this was because it's protected and I wouldn't want it to be looted, but I visited a site where, standing there and looking around, I could see:
Arrowheads at your feet. Were they just trying to scare you or was their aim that bad?
I think he is well away that New Mexico is not on the west coast. The point is that all of the major action and attractions are on the west coast. So when you travel, you do the west coast thing instead of going to NY, Boston, etc...
Yeah, I was sort of joking. I am sure he knows there isn't ocean front property in Santa Fe.
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Pitino won't ever sign a 4 star player at NM.
ABQ is a pretty decent place to live if you can make any money and live in the right part of town. It's horrendously cheap to live there, the climate is really, really nice (summer is not SUPER hot and winter is awfully mild for 5,000-ft). A lot of my in-laws live there and I've spent a bunch of time there visiting. I would definitely live there if economics were palatable. Like I said, really inexpensive to live there, but DAMN, you can't really make much money there. I've compared wages in a few different industries and their salaries are SHOCKINGLY low. Wowzers!!
New Mexico is on the west coast...of Texas.
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Yes, they skiing not too far away. It is at an elevation of 5,300 ft, so it is not your classic desert location. Not as nice a San Diego, but a hell of a lot better than Fayetteville.
If it's not expensive, then why do you need to make a lot of money?
You prefer "sticky balls" humidity.
I have to admit, I like the dry western air, but I might get tired of that after a while.You prefer "sticky balls" humidity.