🏈 Houston making a statement in Group of 5: Raise for Tom Herman to 3 million per ...

[TerryP]

To put that in perspective with the Power 5 programs that makes Herman rank in the top 35 in salaries for head coaches.
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Is it outrageous?

Oregon, with its steady stream of incomes, pays Helfrich 3.15 million per.

Here's where I say hold on a second. Houston, as reported by the US DOE and USA Today, had to subsidize their athletic program 56% of its expenses in the last fiscal year. 20 million bucks, folks.

BTW, a school that's spending 60 million to renovate their basketball complex ... how many million for the new football digs ...

(This off-season is going to be crazy ... too shallow of a pool on coaching candidates ... and the new ante in the Go5 is how much?)

 

[planomateo]

My thinking, the Big XII is going to expand to 12, just a matter of time. Houston is a big TV market.

 

[TerryP]

My thinking, ...

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Goes as far as thinking the Houston PTB'ers are thinking that far ahead?

I've considered their facility improvements to be part of a bigger goal ... "look at me" kind of attention grab. As far as wanting to join that conference? Hrmm.

 

[bama alum]

My thinking, the Big XII is going to expand to 12, just a matter of time. Houston is a big TV market.

Good point. The AAC (?) is having a banner year, but will that success continue? Are we really going to annually look at Temple and Memphis as significant programs? Seems unlikely. The Little 12 seems to be a good fit as far football and location are concerned. They could pull a Mizzou and join a conference where they're not directly tied, like the PAC 12, but that would look silly...Like Mizzou joining the SEC East.

 

[planomateo]

Houston currently has the #32 recruiting class, they have a single 5* and a single 4*.

About a month ago at our football game, SMU's HC Chad Morris flew in just before the game in a helicopter. Circled the stadium a few times and landed in a field next to the stadium just prior to the game. Talked to our HC in the locker room, watched the kickoff and the first 2-3 minutes of the game. Walked back to the helicopter and took off. He hit up 7 games that night I believe in the DFW area. SMU has offered our RB, who committed to Boise State earlier this year.

The reason I bring all this up, SMU with the help of a helicopter has the #60 ranked class currently. Herman is doing something to land kids at Houston and I'd argue that SMU has a bigger name than Houston. I'd rather have a degree from SMU than Houston as well

 

[PCRammer]

My thinking, the Big XII is going to expand to 12, just a matter of time. Houston is a big TV market.

Huh?? That's like saying getting S. FLA in the SEC would bring in the Tampa market. Houston is already accounted for in the TV contracts with the Big12...and SEC. Adding Houston (the team) would absolutely bring zero in terms of TV market into the Big12.

 

[Rolltide24]

I'd rather have a wife from SMU...

I'd rather have a degree from SMU than Houston as well

 

[planomateo]

Huh?? That's like saying getting S. FLA in the SEC would bring in the Tampa market. Houston is already accounted for in the TV contracts with the Big12...and SEC. Adding Houston (the team) would absolutely bring zero in terms of TV market into the Big12.

Texas A&M accounts for a big portion of the Houston market. Sure the Big XII has access to the Houston market, but they don't have an IN to the market, which Houston would enable. Houston is a huge TV and radio market, a local school would allow the Big XII to exploit that 6 games a year.

The Big XII has to do something, they need a conference championship game.

 

[planomateo]

I'd rather have a wife from SMU...

Could you afford the maintenance and up keep?

 

[alabama mike]

I'd rather have a wife from SMU...

Could you afford the maintenance and up keep?

He could sprinkle her with love and affection. (The Methodist faith sprinkles instead of traditional baptism)

 

[TerryP]

(This off-season is going to be crazy ... too shallow of a pool on coaching candidates ... and the new ante in the Go5 is how much?)

Are we really going to annually look at Temple and Memphis as significant programs? Seems unlikely.

Houston and Memphis have made their statements.

We're a month removed from Tubs being the highest paid coach outside of the Power 5 with 2.2 mill per. Houston offering three and now Memphis has made it clear they are willing to pay Fuente in the same range as Herman is getting from Houston.

You bring up a interesting twist here, alum. If they are paying this much with the distinct possibility of not being able to retain their coaches even with these raises it's not so much about how we are "really going to annually look" at these programs, but how other coaches are going to look at these jobs now and in the future.

I'm tellin' ya ... it's a shallow pool for these Power 5 jobs that are open. (That's not mentioning the money doesn't add up.)