T.O. reworking Bo's contract

[Vince from ShamWOW]

Osborne, Pelini discussing new contract

 

By BRIAN CHRISTOPHERSON / Lincoln Journal Star

 

Bo Pelini has an apparent pay raise coming his way after leading Nebraska to nine wins in his first year as the program’s head football coach.

 

Athletic director Tom Osborne confirmed Monday that Pelini’s contract is being reworked and that “it’s something we’ll get done I assume before too long.”

 

Osborne said he and Pelini have met a couple times to discuss a new contract.

 

“All I can tell you right now is that it is something that is in process,” Osborne said. “I have no definite timetable. It takes a while with all the people that have to sign off on it at the university. But I think we have a general agreement. We just have to get all the details worked out.”

 

Upon taking the job, Pelini agreed to a contract in January 2008 that provided him a guaranteed $1.1 million a year and carried through the 2012 season.

 

It is a salary perhaps fitting for a first-time head coach but one that also ranks 11th among Big 12 coaches. New Iowa State coach Paul Rhoads recently signed a deal for a guaranteed $1.15 million per year.

 

“I think you have to take a look at what the general market is,” Osborne said. “You certainly want to be competitive. That’s probably the overriding issue. I thought he did a good job this year and inherited a lot of things that needed worked on and fixed.”

 

Pelini has played down salary discussions when asked about the subject.

 

“It’s kind of like I’ve always felt — you work as hard as you can and do good things, and all that stuff takes care of itself in the end,” Pelini said the week of the Gator Bowl.

 

But in that same conversation he also noted that the coaching business can be a hard one.

 

“Unfortunately these days, longevity’s not always on your side, as volatile as the profession is right now,” he said. “So you like to make money where you can.”

 

Pelini has said he would like to see the pay of his assistants increased. The known base salaries of Husker assistants ranged last year from $120,000 to $225,000.

 

On the topic of the assistant coaches’ contracts, Osborne said: “There have been some things that have been addressed there. We’ll release it all at one time.”

 

As for determining Pelini’s salary, Osborne said the pressure that comes with the job in such a football-crazed state is certainly something taken into account.

 

“You realize that this is a program where there are high expectations and it’s an important part of the athletic department,” Osborne said. “I think he has measured up well since he’s been here, so we feel that his contract should reflect those issues.”

[carlfense]

Osborne, Pelini discussing new contract

 

By BRIAN CHRISTOPHERSON / Lincoln Journal Star

 

Bo Pelini has an apparent pay raise coming his way after leading Nebraska to nine wins in his first year as the program’s head football coach.

 

Athletic director Tom Osborne confirmed Monday that Pelini’s contract is being reworked and that “it’s something we’ll get done I assume before too long.”

 

Osborne said he and Pelini have met a couple times to discuss a new contract.

 

“All I can tell you right now is that it is something that is in process,” Osborne said. “I have no definite timetable. It takes a while with all the people that have to sign off on it at the university. But I think we have a general agreement. We just have to get all the details worked out.”

 

Upon taking the job, Pelini agreed to a contract in January 2008 that provided him a guaranteed $1.1 million a year and carried through the 2012 season.

 

It is a salary perhaps fitting for a first-time head coach but one that also ranks 11th among Big 12 coaches. New Iowa State coach Paul Rhoads recently signed a deal for a guaranteed $1.15 million per year.

 

“I think you have to take a look at what the general market is,” Osborne said. “You certainly want to be competitive. That’s probably the overriding issue. I thought he did a good job this year and inherited a lot of things that needed worked on and fixed.”

 

Pelini has played down salary discussions when asked about the subject.

 

“It’s kind of like I’ve always felt — you work as hard as you can and do good things, and all that stuff takes care of itself in the end,” Pelini said the week of the Gator Bowl.

 

But in that same conversation he also noted that the coaching business can be a hard one.

 

“Unfortunately these days, longevity’s not always on your side, as volatile as the profession is right now,” he said. “So you like to make money where you can.”

 

Pelini has said he would like to see the pay of his assistants increased. The known base salaries of Husker assistants ranged last year from $120,000 to $225,000.

 

On the topic of the assistant coaches’ contracts, Osborne said: “There have been some things that have been addressed there. We’ll release it all at one time.”

 

As for determining Pelini’s salary, Osborne said the pressure that comes with the job in such a football-crazed state is certainly something taken into account.

 

“You realize that this is a program where there are high expectations and it’s an important part of the athletic department,” Osborne said. “I think he has measured up well since he’s been here, so we feel that his contract should reflect those issues.”

 

Outstanding. And you have to love a coach that is working to get raises for his assistants.

[Street Novelist]

I love Bo.

[redout22]

Good for Bo

[cb1954]

If I remember correctly, there was a time when the shoe contract was paid to the head coach (or at least part of it) and T.O. had it split among his assistants, rather than keep it himself.

[gobigredkent]

I've always been for lower base salary and bigger incentives. I don't know all the details of Bo's contract but I would guess there are pretty good bonuses in his contract.

[Landlord]

What I'm happiest about is that we have a lot of coaches who are here for more than just money, and could have left for more money several times in the past but haven't.

 

 

 

High character people.

[HSKRNOKC]

We need to keep their pay competitive .

[Enhance]

Bo is awesome. He deserves a pay increase if he gets one, especially after what he did in one season. I shudder when I think about the season we would have had if Callahan were still here

[BIGREDIOWAN]

Good deal, I like how they are taking care of this early.

[Vince from ShamWOW]

We need to keep their pay competitive .

 

 

 

100% correct.

[DaveH]

I've always been for lower base salary and bigger incentives.

That sounds good in theory, but I think you still have to make the base salary comparable to the base salary to other head coaches.

[Enhance]

I've always been for lower base salary and bigger incentives.

That sounds good in theory, but I think you still have to make the base salary comparable to the base salary to other head coaches.

 

There can't just be a lot of incentives. Take this for example (although a tad outrageous):

 

Base Salary - $500

Win 8+ games - $300,000 (less than that is only $150,000)

Get to Conference Championship - $300,000 (Winning it is $500,000)

BCS Bowl Game Win or Lose - $800,000 (regular bowl games is only $300,000)

 

So if you win 8+games, win the CC, and win a BCS bowl game, you get $1.6 million. If you only win 7 games and make it to a bowl, you only get roughly $450,000.

 

Now like I said, that is mildly ridiculous but think about it, who would want a job if the only way to get paid well would be to play at a consistently high level? You are basically saying if you aren't awesome every year then you aren't going to get any money.

[NUpolo8]

I believe protocol here is that you wait until the coach beats Nevada, only then do you work a new deal.

[Vince from ShamWOW]

I believe protocol here is that you wait until the coach beats Nevada, only then do you work a new deal.

 

 

 

Thank God that "protocol" is no longer in Lincoln.