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re: Nikki Caldwell Salary is $900K/year According to Source
Posted on 4/3/11 at 4:55 pm to volfan30
Posted on 4/3/11 at 4:55 pm to volfan30
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This is fricking dumb to pay your women's basketball coach that much. I pray when our coach retires we hire a volunteer head coach so we're not wasting 1.2 fricking million dollars a year on a women's basketball coach. The sport is so awful it's not even funny.
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volfan30
UT would pay much more than that for the return on its investment.
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Posted on 4/3/11 at 5:04 pm to spslayto
Women's basketball loses money at Tennessee.
Posted on 4/3/11 at 5:07 pm to volfan30
Assuming we could have gotten a coach for $250k (I'm sure we could get a pretty good one for that) and assuming people pay about $10 a ticket to go to a game, she'll need to put 4,300 more butts in seats PER GAME to pay her salary. At the height of LSU women's basketball in 2005-2006, we only averaged 6200 a game. Her chances of being able to do that are slim.
I know this is simplifying it and leaving out some potential advertising, TV, merchandise, concessions revenue. But the point remains: this is a money loser for the athletic department in the long run. Considering the budget crunch the school is going through right now, I think this salary is borderline obscene
I know this is simplifying it and leaving out some potential advertising, TV, merchandise, concessions revenue. But the point remains: this is a money loser for the athletic department in the long run. Considering the budget crunch the school is going through right now, I think this salary is borderline obscene
Posted on 4/3/11 at 5:12 pm to NewOrleansBlend
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Assuming we could have gotten a coach for $250k (I'm sure we could get a pretty good one for that)
Highly unlikely
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Considering the budget crunch the school is going through right now
Unrelated
Posted on 4/3/11 at 5:26 pm to saintsfan22
Nikki Caldwel is an excellent hire
Nikki Caldwell Bio
-Won a national championship as a player and coach at UT
-Studied under one of the best coaches in WBB with Summit
- Very young and enthusiastic ,great recruiter
- Not to mention she is preety damn cute
- Turned down a very mediocre UCLA squad into a nationa l power
3 YEARS UNDER HER
Season Team Overall Conference Standing
2008–2009 UCLA 19–12 9–9 T–4th
2009–2010 UCLA 25–9 15–3 2nd
2010–2011 UCLA 27–4 16–2 2nd
You see a steady improvement over the three years , which is great
And Finally she is quite the looker!
Nikki Caldwell Bio
-Won a national championship as a player and coach at UT
-Studied under one of the best coaches in WBB with Summit
- Very young and enthusiastic ,great recruiter
- Not to mention she is preety damn cute
- Turned down a very mediocre UCLA squad into a nationa l power
3 YEARS UNDER HER
Season Team Overall Conference Standing
2008–2009 UCLA 19–12 9–9 T–4th
2009–2010 UCLA 25–9 15–3 2nd
2010–2011 UCLA 27–4 16–2 2nd
You see a steady improvement over the three years , which is great
And Finally she is quite the looker!
This post was edited on 4/3/11 at 5:30 pm
Posted on 4/3/11 at 6:36 pm to NewOrleansBlend
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Assuming we could have gotten a coach for $250k (I'm sure we could get a pretty good one for that)
Ha! You obviously don't pay any attention to women's basketball. No way could you have gotten a "pretty good" coach for $250K/year.
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and assuming people pay about $10 a ticket to go to a game, she'll need to put 4,300 more butts in seats PER GAME to pay her salary.
"Butts in the seats" don't pay her salary. The LSU athletic department does.
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At the height of LSU women's basketball in 2005-2006, we only averaged 6200 a game. Her chances of being able to do that are slim.
That wasn't "the height" of LSU women's basketball. In 2004-05 we averaged over 7,300 per game. And why are her chances of doing that slim?
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I know this is simplifying it and leaving out some potential advertising, TV, merchandise, concessions revenue. But the point remains: this is a money loser for the athletic department in the long run.
11 of the 14 sports at LSU are "money losers". What's the point? Only teams that bring in money should have good coaches and thus, settle for being mediocre? Why even have the programs then?
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Considering the budget crunch the school is going through right now, I think this salary is borderline obscene
The university is going through a budget crunch. The athletic department, which is self-sustaining and receives no state funds, is not. It's prospering quite well. The only salary on LSU's campus that's obscene is the coach who makes almost $4 million/year.
But, both he and the women's basketball coach are worth every penny, and money well spent.
This post was edited on 4/3/11 at 6:38 pm
Posted on 4/3/11 at 6:40 pm to lsualum96
lsualum96
I know your a womens fan what do you think of the hire? What do you not like? How would you grde it 1-10? Who was your first choice...the louisville guy?
I know your a womens fan what do you think of the hire? What do you not like? How would you grde it 1-10? Who was your first choice...the louisville guy?
Posted on 4/3/11 at 6:41 pm to lsualum96
Wow that's crazy money for a wbb coach
This post was edited on 4/3/11 at 6:44 pm
Posted on 4/3/11 at 6:52 pm to ipodking
I think Nikki is an EXCELLENT hire. I honestly didn't think she'd leave UCLA for LSU. She would've been my second choice after Walz. I don't think we are missing much with Nikki. Walz is just a little more proven but other than that, she's probably just as good a hire as he would be...............and probably is costing us less than he would, even at $900K/year.
Posted on 4/3/11 at 7:12 pm to lsualum96
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I think Nikki is an EXCELLENT hire. I honestly didn't think she'd leave UCLA for LSU. She would've been my second choice after Walz. I don't think we are missing much with Nikki. Walz is just a little more proven but other than that, she's probably just as good a hire as he would be...............and probably is costing us less than he would, even at $900K/year.
ditto......
Posted on 4/3/11 at 7:32 pm to lsualum96
quote:you are dumb
The only salary on LSU's campus that's obscene is the coach who makes almost $4 million/year.
Posted on 4/3/11 at 7:41 pm to lsualum96
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Ha! You obviously don't pay any attention to women's basketball. No way could you have gotten a "pretty good" coach for $250K/year.
We could get someone significantly better than Van. I bet Lisa Stockton at Tulane doesn't make that and she beat us this year!
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"Butts in the seats" don't pay her salary. The LSU athletic department does.
Stupid comment
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That wasn't "the height" of LSU women's basketball. In 2004-05 we averaged over 7,300 per game. And why are her chances of doing that slim?
b/c we won't have another Seimone Augustus. She's a once in a lifetime player.
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11 of the 14 sports at LSU are "money losers". What's the point? Only teams that bring in money should have good coaches and thus, settle for being mediocre? Why even have the programs then?
What are the salaries of those coaches in the 11 other sports? 900K? No. Except for maybe track, who is responsible for two teams, none should break 250K. I bet softball does though
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The university is going through a budget crunch. The athletic department, which is self-sustaining and receives no state funds, is not. It's prospering quite well.
this is just an opinion, but when the athletic department is sitting on a surplus in tough times maybe they should consider supporting a school in a budget crisis instead of overpaying for coach in a minor sport. 900K could pay the salaries of 10 professors for the next year!
This post was edited on 4/3/11 at 7:46 pm
Posted on 4/3/11 at 7:47 pm to lsualum96
stupid, stupid, and stupid... there is NO reason a coach's salary should get tripled... how could LSU not negotiate for less?
This post was edited on 4/3/11 at 7:49 pm
Posted on 4/3/11 at 7:55 pm to NewOrleansBlend
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this is just an opinion, but when the athletic department is sitting on a surplus in tough times maybe they should consider supporting a school in a budget crisis instead of overpaying for coach in a minor sport
This isn't an opinion. It's a known fact. Also, the athletic department functions as an entirely different entity from the Baton Rouge campus of LSU. Besides, the athletic department already gives MILLIONS back to the school every year.
What more do you people want? Are you just looking for an excuse to bitch about everything and women's basketball happens to be a good target? Quit being so myopic and simple-minded. If you want to have a successful athletic department, prepare to spend money (FYI: $250,000 wasn't going to get you a good basketball coach). Football has been and will always be responsible for generating the revenue that pays for all the other sports. Get over it. We aren't going to re-invent the proverbial wheel in terms of athletic financing and expenditures all of a sudden.
This post was edited on 4/3/11 at 8:00 pm
Posted on 4/3/11 at 7:59 pm to Joe Joe Joe
Why people care about this is beyond me. Let the bean counters count the beans.
Posted on 4/3/11 at 8:00 pm to NewOrleansBlend
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Considering the budget crunch the school is going through right now, I think this salary is borderline obscene
Why do we get this ignorant statement daily on this board?
Alleva is in charge of the AD, and apparently he knows how much we can afford for a womens basketball coach.
Posted on 4/3/11 at 8:08 pm to lsualum96
she better win
Posted on 4/3/11 at 8:09 pm to lsualum96
Good for her and LSU. You have to pay to hire and retain quality.
Posted on 4/3/11 at 8:53 pm to lsualum96
That's a crazy amount of money, and Maneri gets 425???? WTF ?
Posted on 4/3/11 at 8:56 pm to Pepe Lepew
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That's a crazy amount of money, and Maneri gets 425???? WTF ?
My guess is that 425k will get you a third rate womens BB coach.
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