STrib: Richard Pitino, Marlene Stollings among Gophers coaches to get raises

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Gopher Warrior said:
I'm not saying anything. That's an NFL coach speaking, not me.
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Cool, I'm not sure what the link has to do with what is being talked about here. You're so blinded with hate for Kill that you think this somehow proves he is overpaid or doesn't do a good job.
 

Shama suggesting Pitino should have turned down his raise for a PR boost!

The University of Minnesota’s decision to give men’s basketball coach Richard Pitino a $400,000 increase is certainly controversial. The increase was the decision earlier this year of the now departed athletic director Norwood Teague. Defenders of Teague’s decision will say Minnesota needed to boost Pitino’s compensation because of Alabama’s interest in hiring the second-year Gophers coach. But after Pitino coached a 6-12 season in the Big Ten and didn’t qualify his team for postseason play, the increase is difficult to accept under any circumstances.
Richard Pitino

Pitino could have achieved a public relations coup by turning down the $400,000 while noting this is a challenging time for the University because of the Teague scandal. Further, he might have said the money was better directed toward the school’s $190 million athletics facilities project that will include a new basketball practice facility benefitting him.

Among Pitino’s contract bonus incentives is one paying him $25,000 for an annual cumulative team GPA of 3.0 or higher. His players had a GPA of 2.73 (low B range) for spring semester.

http://shamasportsheadliners.com/

Go Gophers!!
 

Any decent human being would obviously turn down $400,000 to help PR. That Pitino...what a monster.

The quality of sports writing for the 15th biggest television market...

BleedGopher said:
Shama suggesting Pitino should have turned down his raise for a PR boost!

The University of Minnesota’s decision to give men’s basketball coach Richard Pitino a $400,000 increase is certainly controversial. The increase was the decision earlier this year of the now departed athletic director Norwood Teague. Defenders of Teague’s decision will say Minnesota needed to boost Pitino’s compensation because of Alabama’s interest in hiring the second-year Gophers coach. But after Pitino coached a 6-12 season in the Big Ten and didn’t qualify his team for postseason play, the increase is difficult to accept under any circumstances.
Richard Pitino

Pitino could have achieved a public relations coup by turning down the $400,000 while noting this is a challenging time for the University because of the Teague scandal. Further, he might have said the money was better directed toward the school’s $190 million athletics facilities project that will include a new basketball practice facility benefitting him.

Among Pitino’s contract bonus incentives is one paying him $25,000 for an annual cumulative team GPA of 3.0 or higher. His players had a GPA of 2.73 (low B range) for spring semester.

http://shamasportsheadliners.com/

Go Gophers!!
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