STrib: Ben Johnson hopes his Gophers ignore criticism following 0-3 Big Ten start; he has a $2.93 million buyout if fired after this season.

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skiumah1 said:
The idea of Ben getting a buyout number in the millions is absolutely ridiculous. I understand how it works in this industry, but that is freakin' insane.
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The concept of paying someone millions NOT to do the job anymore is ridiculous. But such is the world of coaching.

It is an extremely difficult, and high stress job but if you can get to the top levels the financial rewards are significant.
 

tjgopher said:
In real terms, because of buyout language, the extra year potentially would cost the school an additional $975,000 (50% of $1.95m). Certainly not nothing, but also not $1.95 million.

There is also offset language that if Johnson gets another job in basketball, the school would stop paying him, much like with Pitino.

Bottom line, the cost to fire Johnson during or immediately after this season won't be all that much.
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I remember when Coyle extended Pitino for the last time, the reports stated that the extension did not increase the buyout (so it was a fairly meaningless extension). Is everyone sure that this extension did? Seems kind of hard to believe that Coyle would increase the buyout for Johnson after he let go of Pitino for as little as possible.
 





Zeppelin Gopher said:
Can't lie- our football and hoops programs mean more than anything to me besides my family and friends.

But there have been multiple times intrusive thoughts sitting in the Barn this season...WTF am I still doing here...
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Hopefully the 2026 NCAA bid will mean that much more to you.
 

Is Ben still asking players to ignore criticism now that it's an 0-5 start? 0-6? 0-7?
 

The fact that he hasn't been let go speaks to the administration being gutless. Why wait until the end of the season?

The product sucks, the trend sucks, and it's not going to get better.
 

kix4kix said:
The fact that he hasn't been let go speaks to the administration being gutless. Why wait until the end of the season?

The product sucks, the trend sucks, and it's not going to get better.
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Remember, you're not paying the buyout so you have no say in the matter. It may cost more to fire Johnson before the end of the season and Coyle has shown before that he's a cheapskate.
 



TwistingMyMelon said:
Remember, you're not paying the buyout so you have no say in the matter. It may cost more to fire Johnson before the end of the season and Coyle has shown before that he's a cheapskate.
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It doesn't. The buyout doesn't drop until May 1st. That is standard. Coaches agent's aren't dumb. If you want a discount on the buyout you have to handicap yourself severely and hire your coach after everyone else already has.
 


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