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Tpups21 said:
I think the next Iowa State women's basketball coach has their work cut out in this new NIL landscape. Hard to see good players staying unless they are from Iowa or grew up an ISU fan.
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So you're saying TJ needs to get out while his prestige is at its highest?

If ISU hires the right coach, no reason the Clones can't be a top 15-25 program consistently. The other reality is the Women's college game is and has annually been about 4-6 super powers and every other school is going through the motions. But the Rev Share/NIL model definitely favors the Big10/SEC because they have great media deals and it doesn't hurt to have 80k attending football games.

This year the NCAA could have just made the Tournament a 4 team invite: UConn, UCLA, Texas and So Carolina.
 
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Challenger06 said:
I do wonder which of the schools with similar overall AD budgets to ISU’s have as large an expenditure for staff salaries that we do for womens basketball:

HC Fennelly - $885,000
Head asst Steyer - $220,000
Asst Coach Schaben - $175,000
Asst Coach Fennelly - $175,000
Ops director Carper - $112,500

Total - $1,567,500

That’s not counting the video coordinator and strength coach.
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Doing a little digging. Assistant salaries are tougher to find, but WVU’s coach made 790k this year with his add ons. OSU’s head coach is at 700k. Her assistants make 225, 140, and 121. Molly Miller at ASU makes 750 as a first year P4 coach plus incentives. It’s reported the average assistant salary at ASU is 176k.
 
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Challenger06 said:
I do wonder which of the schools with similar overall AD budgets to ISU’s have as large an expenditure for staff salaries that we do for womens basketball:

HC Fennelly - $885,000
Head asst Steyer - $220,000
Asst Coach Schaben - $175,000
Asst Coach Fennelly - $175,000
Ops director Carper - $112,500

Total - $1,567,500

That’s not counting the video coordinator and strength coach.
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Idk how NIL works exactly but based on player development, or lack of, the last 10-15 years, you could probably cut one of those positions and add it to a players salary
 
ISUCubswin said:
Idk how NIL works exactly but based on player development, or lack of, the last 10-15 years, you could probably cut one of those positions and add it to a players salary
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Saw where St Bonnie's HC of 20 years retired and their new coach is getting paid half. The $400k+ savings was intentional so that school could use money on rev share.

With the bloated staffs at schools, do even P4/P5 coaches prioritize player rev share over analysts, quality control, etc.

When Billy Napier was named HC at Florida, part of his deal was ability to hire a support staff of like 40 people. Didn't help!
 
Challenger06 said:
I do wonder which of the schools with similar overall AD budgets to ISU’s have as large an expenditure for staff salaries that we do for womens basketball:

HC Fennelly - $885,000
Head asst Steyer - $220,000
Asst Coach Schaben - $175,000
Asst Coach Fennelly - $175,000
Ops director Carper - $112,500

Total - $1,567,500

That’s not counting the video coordinator and strength coach.
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There will be an industry " reset" in WBB salaries and compensation sooner than later. WBB is a money pit. Higher education institutions are under financial pressure across the country. A big reset is going to hit 95% or more of the DI WBB programs. The gravy train is ending.
 
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TD Hardeman! said:
There will be an industry " reset" in WBB salaries and compensation sooner than later. WBB is a money pit. Higher education institutions are under financial pressure across the country. A big reset is going to hit 95% or more of the DI WBB programs. The gravy train is ending.
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One thing about college athletics is the spending is completely irrational. Rich folks are willingly giving millions to athletic programs for not much in return. The market can stay irrational longer than we can stay solvent.
 
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isucy86 said:
Saw where St Bonnie's HC of 20 years retired and their new coach is getting paid half. The $400k+ savings was intentional so that school could use money on rev share.

With the bloated staffs at schools, do even P4/P5 coaches prioritize player rev share over analysts, quality control, etc.

When Billy Napier was named HC at Florida, part of his deal was ability to hire a support staff of like 40 people. Didn't help!
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When I went to Vegas to watch the men play in November, I was shocked at the number of staff members Baylor had there. Not only the coaches on the bench, but an entire row of 8-10 seats for more staffers.
 
It's really a perfect situation for JP. I imagine he (rightfully) doesn't want to devote any more resources to WBB with football rebuilding and basketball needing more money to keep the machine rolling on. He's got an easy out to say that Bill has earned the right to stay as long as he wants, and just let the program die on the vine if that's the way Bill wants to go out.
 
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Clonefan32 said:
It's really a perfect situation for JP. I imagine he (rightfully) doesn't want to devote any more resources to WBB with football rebuilding and basketball needing more money to keep the machine rolling on. He's got an easy out to say that Bill has earned the right to stay as long as he wants, and just let the program die on the vine if that's the way Bill wants to go out.
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Bill is not nearly the cheapest option we could get for a coach. It appears no retirement is coming, but beyond next season if the goal is to lower the cost of the program, not keeping Bill would be a way to do that.
 
ZorkClone said:
Bill is not nearly the cheapest option we could get for a coach. It appears no retirement is coming, but beyond next season if the goal is to lower the cost of the program, not keeping Bill would be a way to do that.
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It is time for a reboot, regardless.
 
TD Hardeman! said:
There will be an industry " reset" in WBB salaries and compensation sooner than later. WBB is a money pit. Higher education institutions are under financial pressure across the country. A big reset is going to hit 95% or more of the DI WBB programs. The gravy train is ending.
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The NIL money players are getting indicates there are a lot of programs willing to put significant money in the sport. Equity concerns promote women's programs being run somewhat comparable to men's.
 
Cyrealist said:
The NIL money players are getting indicates there are a lot of programs willing to put significant money in the sport. Equity concerns promote women's programs being run somewhat comparable to men's.
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This is true. Conferences with big TV deals and solvent athletic departments don't have to compete directly with the players for donor money (SEC/Big10) so there will be funds to around. I fear much of the Big12 and ACC are not in this boat. NIL donations in the last several years negatively impacted athletic department budgets of great schools like Iowa State University of Science and Technology.
 
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Des Moines Reg. quote is now seen in a different light:

Blake Buchanan​



"I’m coming back," Buchanan said. "I’m here. This year has been the best year of college basketball I’ve had. I found the love of the game again. I’m here to stay. I love this place."
 
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