STrib: Jerry Kill, Tracy Claeys will share $50K bowl-game bonus; Neb not paying Riley

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Yes, Gophers coaches get bonuses for making the Quick Lane Bowl. Yes, the athletic department is paying them. And yes, Jerry Kill and Tracy Claeys will share the head coaching bonus.

Before Kill retired because of health reasons Oct. 28, his contract included a $50,000 bonus for an appearance in a bowl outside the College Football Playoff and Rose Bowl. He received that same bonus for last season’s appearance in the Citrus Bowl.

Since Kill coached seven of this season’s 12 games, he’ll get 58 percent of his bonus, or $29,000, according to the athletics department. Claeys, who coached the final five games, will get the remaining 42 percent, or $21,000.

http://www.startribune.com/jerry-kill-tracy-claeys-will-share-50-000-bowl-game-bonus/361333001/

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Omaha World Herald: Husker coach Mike Riley 'wholeheartedly' agrees with no bonus pay for bowl game

Nebraska coach Mike Riley said Wednesday he “agreed wholeheartedly” with Athletic Director Shawn Eichorst’s idea to have Husker coaches forgo their bonus checks should NU be invited to a bowl game this weekend.

Because of the sheer number of bowls, 5-7 Nebraska should get an invite. Normally, a team must be at least 6-6 to qualify, but not enough teams with records of 6-6 and better were available this year. On Monday, the NCAA announced that 5-7 teams with the best Academic Progress Rate scores — a rolling total of graduation rates — would be in line for bids. Nebraska’s APR score is at the top of the list.

However, Riley and assistants won’t be getting the $437,385 in bonuses normally handed out for a Husker bowl berth. Riley said he’s fine with that.

“It’s obviously an administrative decision, but I agreed wholeheartedly,” Riley said. “Shawn brought it up to me and said, ‘What do you think?’ I think that’s appropriate. We’re just very fortunate to play another game. In the normal scheme of things we weren’t bowl eligible. We’re just fortunate we get to go. The credit belongs to the university for having that APR.”

http://www.omaha.com/huskers/husker...cle_e6b05df0-9912-11e5-ba97-1f47dcfcde93.html

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I wonder if schools will/have rethought the concept of bowl bonuses given the extreme number of them that are now out there. It is one thing to reward a coach with a bonus bigger then the yearly salary of a good portion of the fan base for making a NYD game and finishing with a nice record in your conference. It is another to reward the coach with a big check for going 2-6 and getting in because there just weren't enough .500 teams to fill all 80 slots.

I could see some schools redefining what bowl games trigger a bonus for their coaches.

Edit - I posted my original comment before Bleed posted the Nebraska story. Wouldn't shock me for this kind of thought process to become far more common as the number of games continues to increase as it almost certainly will since the NCAA has shown a willingness to expand the eligibility criteria to fill spots over the last few years.
 

And the rest of the football world takes note that Nebraska is very much a small time program. Disappointed or not, not paying the bonus that is contractually due doesn't enter the thought process of most Athletic Directors.

Note to Eichorst: it is easy enough to stipulate in a contract that coaches need a 500 record to get their bonus.
 

MNVCGUY said:
I wonder if schools will/have rethought the concept of bowl bonuses given the extreme number of them that are now out there. It is one thing to reward a coach with a bonus bigger then the yearly salary of a good portion of the fan base for making a NYD game and finishing with a nice record in your conference. It is another to reward the coach with a big check for going 2-6 and getting in because there just weren't enough .500 teams to fill all 80 slots.

I could see some schools redefining what bowl games trigger a bonus for their coaches.

Edit - I posted my original comment before Bleed posted the Nebraska story. Wouldn't shock me for this kind of thought process to become far more common as the number of games continues to increase as it almost certainly will since the NCAA has shown a willingness to expand the eligibility criteria to fill spots over the last few years.
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Hard to blame them if the coaches took the money since they did still finish as one of the 'top 80' teams in college football--which is basically what that bonus signifies. I wonder if Nebraska is at least putting that money into athletics since they earned it with their performance in the classroom.
 


Really hope the NCAA looks at the grand scheme that is the bowl system. If they are so set on keeping some many bowls, they should almost make an 8 team playoff, and then cut off the bottom 5 bowl games. There has been too many bowl games for years, and the # keeps going up. Hopefully this season will open some eyes to the whole process and the necessary changes will be made
 

JZsportswhiz said:
Really hope the NCAA looks at the grand scheme that is the bowl system. If they are so set on keeping some many bowls, they should almost make an 8 team playoff, and then cut off the bottom 5 bowl games. There has been too many bowl games for years, and the # keeps going up. Hopefully this season will open some eyes to the whole process and the necessary changes will be made
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The way I understand it from the stories that came out the NCAA has little control over the bowl games. The only thing the NCAA can really do is enforce a minimum standard of wins and loses for eligibility and make it so that some games just won't have teams for them.
 

Unbelievable. A performance based bonus for a man who went 1-4 and lost all three trophy games. Maybe Kill should get 80% of the bonus since he got us four of the five wins to get us into the bowl game.
 

bleedsmaroonandgold said:
Unbelievable. A performance based bonus for a man who went 1-4 and lost all three trophy games. Maybe Kill should get 80% of the bonus since he got us four of the five wins to get us into the bowl game.
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No kidding. I'm just so outraged..I could...wait, what are we mad about today?
 



bleedsmaroonandgold said:
Unbelievable. A performance based bonus for a man who went 1-4 and lost all three trophy games. Maybe Kill should get 80% of the bonus since he got us four of the five wins to get us into the bowl game.
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I like Claeys, and I'm glad we are giving him a shot, but it's hard to argue with you. However, I don't know Kill would have done any better with Claeys' schedule.
 

Maximus said:
No kidding. I'm just so outraged..I could...wait, what are we mad about today?
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From my perspective its a combination of the 2-6 B1G performance and 12 game losing streak against Wisconsin given to us by our football team, the sweep of our basketball team by mid-major schools from South Dakota, the losing record of our underperforming hockey team, and the fact that our administration humiliated us by hiring a sexual predator as athletics director.
 

Essentially they are getting this bonus for turning academics around on this team. I'm ok with that. Bottom Line: it was in the contract.
 

Maximus said:
No kidding. I'm just so outraged..I could...wait, what are we mad about today?
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Whatever it is, I'm ready. Spent the whole night sharpening my pitchfork!
 




Mike Riley probably would have agreed with the decision no matter what was decided. He's just saying the right things to the media.

At this point we have no idea what the coaches are going to do with it. Maybe they will donate it to Kill's foundation or something.
 

My question for the media members who are criticizing the coaches, would you turn down a bonus from your employer if the reason you received it was less than ideal? Probably not.
 

bleedsmaroonandgold said:
Unbelievable. A performance based bonus for a man who went 1-4 and lost all three trophy games. Maybe Kill should get 80% of the bonus since he got us four of the five wins to get us into the bowl game.
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Kill is getting $29,000 and Claeys $21,000 of the $50,000
 

GophersInIowa said:
My question for the media members who are criticizing the coaches, would you turn down a bonus from your employer if the reason you received it was less than ideal? Probably not.
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Definitely can't fault the coaches for taking it I just think there will be a lot of schools taking a hard look at bowl bonuses and probably restructuring how they hand them out now that the threshold for making a bowl has been so greatly reduced.
 

Headline: Claeys given contractual bowl appearance bonus that amounts to less than 2% of his base salary.
 




bemidjigopher said:
He's not. If the U didn't want to be in this scenario they should've included it in the language of the deal.
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I'm just going to guess that the language didn't account for making a bowl at 5-7.

BarnBoy said:
Headline: Claeys given contractual bowl appearance bonus that amounts to less than 2% of his base salary.
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Right, but since it's only 2% why not just give it back for going 5-7?

Overall, I could really care less if Claeys/Kill take the money or not. I prefer Nebraska's stance in not giving/taking a monetary reward for being a sub .500 team.
 

GophersInIowa said:
My question for the media members who are criticizing the coaches, would you turn down a bonus from your employer if the reason you received it was less than ideal? Probably not.
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Don't ask good questions. :) Allow the media to be negative and critical. It's who they are even though they'd do the same thing.
 

I have no problem with this. Like others said it was in the contract and I'm not sure what Nebraska's contract stipulates. Maybe it says 6 wins and a bowl game?
 

GopherWeatherGuy said:
I'm just going to guess that the language didn't account for making a bowl at 5-7.



Right, but since it's only 2% why not just give it back for going 5-7?

Overall, I could really care less if Claeys/Kill take the money or not. I prefer Nebraska's stance in not giving/taking a monetary reward for being a sub .500 team.
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Well, it's a known thing that 5-7 teams make bowl games. It would have been REALLY easy to write a contract that only gavea bonus to a .500 team or better. Incredibly easy.
 

JZsportswhiz said:
Really hope the NCAA looks at the grand scheme that is the bowl system. If they are so set on keeping some many bowls, they should almost make an 8 team playoff, and then cut off the bottom 5 bowl games. There has been too many bowl games for years, and the # keeps going up. Hopefully this season will open some eyes to the whole process and the necessary changes will be made
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Why?

Us, as fans, we don't give the bowl much respect. We shouldn't and we don't. But it's more football. Why is more football a bad thing? I think this season was a disappointment, completely, but I'm glad I get to watch the Gopher football team play another game.
 

Honor the contract and screw the PC crowd. The powers to be say that 5-7 and a very good APR is good enough. So what's the beef?

TC will be coaching another three weeks so that is an extension of the season. Other 5-7 teams or less have turned in their gear and coaches are doing other things.

I am very happy that we will be playing one more game and getting our young guys better prepared for next year.

It would be neat if the RSFR were able to play in a bowl game.
 


Bob_Loblaw said:
Why?

Us, as fans, we don't give the bowl much respect. We shouldn't and we don't. But it's more football. Why is more football a bad thing? I think this season was a disappointment, completely, but I'm glad I get to watch the Gopher football team play another game.
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AMEN. This is the right response. If you disagree then don't watch the game. Fans pissed off that players will play another game. So dumb.
 

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