Pollard announces his retirement

[Three4Cy]

I have gone through the reasons, not going to rehash them again. No one is saying he is not entitled to retire, or he was forced out. It will be interesting to see if he is on the committee to hire his replacement, which at other schools tends to happen.

He will not be on the committee to hire his replacement.

 

[Three4Cy]

Jamie is in good health now, but he had a heart attack in 2015 and testicular cancer in 2021. He and Ellen are fully empty nesters with their youngest, James, now working as the video coordinator for the UNI basketball team. I cannot fault the guy for handing off his work and looking to enjoy retirement while he still has his health.

They have one grandchild, and I'm sure there will be more in the future, so why not enjoy them rather than work all the time?

 

[CascadeClone]

Most of what can be said has been. But one thing I haven't seen in this thread is JP isn't overstaying, he is getting out when things are good and a new leader has a chance at success. Successful leaders (politics, business) almost ALWAYS stay too long in the job, to the major detriment of the organization.

e.g. Jack Welch, Jeff Immelt, JoePa, ORF, most of the current United States Senate.

JP apparently understands this and is not going to stay in the role forever as a desiccated corpse until it all falls apart. Good for him, one last smart move by a successful leader.

 

[trajanJ]

At this point with the abundance of money the Big10 and SEC schools have, they'd just pay it, no matter how high it is. Once one of those schools finds their "guy" they get ahold of their donors and make it happen.

That's my point. It should have been 10 mill. Feels like ISU could lose 6 mill on that deal.

 

[VeloClone]

That's my point. It should have been 10 mill. Feels like ISU could lose 6 mill on that deal.

Anyone worth their salt in contract negotiations knows the cost of every term placed in a contract. They are calculating what cost/return is acceptable. A higher buyout costs money so they end up paying more on the salary or somewhere else. For the coach, the higher buyout will cost them money on their next contract since a new school will figure in the buyout payoff in their total package offered.

Nothing is free.

 

[Tailg8er]

Anyone worth their salt in contract negotiations knows the cost of every term placed in a contract. They are calculating what cost/return is acceptable. A higher buyout costs money so they end up paying more on the salary or somewhere else. For the coach, the higher buyout will cost them money on their next contract since a new school will figure in the buyout payoff in their total package offered.

Nothing is free.

Right, it's annoying people are still acting like TJ didn't have ALL the leverage & would just agree to whatever terms we put in front of him.

 

[Mr.G.Spot]

I have gone through the reasons, not going to rehash them again. No one is saying he is not entitled to retire, or he was forced out. It will be interesting to see if he is on the committee to hire his replacement, which at other schools tends to happen.

No, it does not tend to happen.