Bear Down Wildcats

UAEebs86 wrote: Sat Dec 12, 2020 3:42 pm Mmmmmm.... who has Premium at Rivals?

NickyBCats wrote: Sat Dec 12, 2020 3:45 pm

UAEebs86 wrote: Sat Dec 12, 2020 3:42 pm Mmmmmm.... who has Premium at Rivals?

Humberto Lopez

Alieberman wrote: Sat Dec 12, 2020 11:06 am How many million has Sumlin earned per win?

BBQ wildcat wrote: Sat Dec 12, 2020 7:05 pm Someone said put him at a desk. I agree. Make him come to work, every day, 8 to 5. Give him a desk and chair, but nothing else. Let him sit until his contract runs out or we break even where payout = remaining salary. Even then, I would make him sit there every day until the end of his contract.

BBQ wildcat wrote: Sat Dec 12, 2020 7:05 pm Someone said put him at a desk. I agree. Make him come to work, every day, 8 to 5. Give him a desk and chair, but nothing else. Let him sit until his contract runs out or we break even where payout = remaining salary. Even then, I would make him sit there every day until the end of his contract.

Merkin wrote: Sun Dec 13, 2020 9:36 am

BBQ wildcat wrote: Sat Dec 12, 2020 7:05 pm Someone said put him at a desk. I agree. Make him come to work, every day, 8 to 5. Give him a desk and chair, but nothing else. Let him sit until his contract runs out or we break even where payout = remaining salary. Even then, I would make him sit there every day until the end of his contract.

I forgot what coach and what sport it was, but he was made a fund raiser. Just keep Sumlin on the horn all day schmoozing with possible donors, and keep him away from the bottle.

The University of Arizona athletic department announced some troubling news last month in Tucson.

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Wildcats said they faced $45 million in losses and were forced to make job cuts, including 21 layoffs.

Athletic director Dave Heeke called it “a difficult day of very tough decisions.”

“These challenging economic times have affected all of us,” Heeke said then.

Less than six weeks later, the Wildcats didn’t seem quite as broke. After his football team lost its 12th consecutive game dating to 2019, Heeke fired coach Kevin Sumlin and put Arizona on the hook to pay Sumlin $7.3 million to buy out his contract, half of which is due to Sumlin within 30 days of his termination.

Arizona fired Sumlin after he went 9-20 in three seasons. Asked how his buyout costs square with the financial challenges there, Arizona athletics referred USA TODAY Sports to a statement that said the university will honor Sumlin’s contract “including all buyout provisions, with funding from athletics-generated revenue and sources.”

Chicat wrote: Thu Dec 17, 2020 7:33 am Was Sumlin’s buyout paid for by a booster? That was the impression I had, but this article and the quote from Heeke makes it sound like it’s coming out of the AD budget... which is a truly awful look in this year of pandemic-related layoffs and cutbacks.


https://amp.usatoday.com/amp/3930808001 ... ssion=true

The University of Arizona athletic department announced some troubling news last month in Tucson.

Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Wildcats said they faced $45 million in losses and were forced to make job cuts, including 21 layoffs.

Athletic director Dave Heeke called it “a difficult day of very tough decisions.”

“These challenging economic times have affected all of us,” Heeke said then.

Less than six weeks later, the Wildcats didn’t seem quite as broke. After his football team lost its 12th consecutive game dating to 2019, Heeke fired coach Kevin Sumlin and put Arizona on the hook to pay Sumlin $7.3 million to buy out his contract, half of which is due to Sumlin within 30 days of his termination.

Arizona fired Sumlin after he went 9-20 in three seasons. Asked how his buyout costs square with the financial challenges there, Arizona athletics referred USA TODAY Sports to a statement that said the university will honor Sumlin’s contract “including all buyout provisions, with funding from athletics-generated revenue and sources.”

Alieberman wrote: Thu Dec 17, 2020 8:28 am Who the hell are these boosters that in such a time of unprecedented unemployment and record amount of people who are currently food insecure in this country, they are donating millions of dollars to pay off a horrible fired coach?