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Penn State is in the Big Ten ,has good facilities is close to Wojo’s home town of Baltimore and can afford to pay top salary on a long term contract .So I think this would be an attractive situation for Wojo .
Because you want him gone, doesn’t mean that he’s leaving.
MU discount with Kieger there, hey? Btw, she is having a tough go at it: 2-21 in the B1G in Year 2 of their rebuild.
Grass isn't always greener. But there's also a difference between the situations. The Big East is a power conference in men's, in women's they are not, especially prior to UConn women's being in. In men's we can match most schools salaries if we desire. In women's we cannot. It's just not a comparable situation between the two. Also I don't know why TLBE is pointing out that PSU is in the B1G that's a feature not exactly an advantage or benefit or advantage. Sort of like me selling a car saying "it's blue"
Marquette losing a head coach to Virginia Tech created some very bad optics for the (then) present and future projections of the basketball program. If Marquette would lose its standing head coach to a program like Penn State, I shutter to think what that would do (again) moving forward.
Meh, she's getting paid a lot more. She's probably not upset about that.
Is this what it's come to with coach evaluations? New coach inherits a program in which the previous coach has one winning season in its final five, and win in year one or bust? I know some live in an instant gratification world, but this seems quite extreme. Kieger was 4-14 in the Big East (without UConn) in her first MU season and did fine. She may or may not have success at Penn St., or perhaps even something in between. But let's see what happens in 4-5 years first.
Is this what it's come to with coach evaluations? New coach inherits a program in which the previous coach has one winning season in its final five, and win in year one or bust? I know some live in an instant gratification world, but this seems quite extreme. Kieger was 4-14 in the Big East (without UConn) in her first MU season and did fine. She may or may not have success at Penn St., or perhaps even something in between. (I am indifferent to any of that) But let's see what happens in 4-5 years first, and be a little bit more fair in giving an evaluation.
Well if you read the second portion of my post I explain that there was at least two great reasons to leave MU for PSU for Keiger. Fact is that the grass is not always greener. If she's successful, good on her it was greener. If she's not, then bummer grass wasn't, as of now it's looking like a harder rebuild than MU was. Either way she made money and I'm sure will be welcomed back if she flops at PSU once Duffy leaves us for a major program.
Related to the pay conversation - there's a strong current of "we can't afford to fire Wojo this year but if he voluntarily leaves, that would be great" on this board. That's kind of conveniently ignoring that Wojo is paid a little over $2M per year, which ranks about 50th nationally. For how much we talk about MU's basketball spend, its not going toward an outsized spend on the head coach right now.Even if there weren't any financial commitments hanging out there to Wojo, could Marquette afford to just hire the best available replacement? In 2019 Oztelberger signed a deal with UNLV for $1.1/year with annual $100k increases. He would have to pay 75% of the remaining money on his contract as a buyout if he left this offseason (the date he leaves matters, but I'm assuming MU would have to hire him before the buyout drops on July 1 - https://watchstadium.com/unlv-coach-t-j-otzelberger-signs-five-year-contract-salary-incentives-buyout-04-03-2019/Its just one example, but that would leave MU on the hook for a $3.15 million buyout plus a contract for at least, say, $1.5M for like 5 years. Point being, I don't think MU can afford to go out and hire TJ Otzelberger. And at that point, what are we doing? The money issue doesn't just go away if Wojo decided to leave voluntarily. If Wojo leaves, I think there's a fair chance we end up with Wardle for financial reasons (making $681k).
TAMUI do know, Newsie is right on you knowing ball.
If Wojo can end up with a winning season, I think he will be in the running for the Penn State Head Coach opening. Penn State is going to be looking to bring in someone scandal free and we all know Wojo checks that box . Penn State is in the Big Ten ,has good facilities is close to Wojo’s home town of Baltimore and can afford to pay top salary on a long term contract .So I think this would be an attractive situation for Wojo .
The "Wojo leaving for a lower tier P6 program" ship has sailed for the time being. The sample size of mediocrity is too great for a school like Penn State to paint him as an exciting hire for their fan base. It'll take 2-3 years of top half conference finishes and some NCAA Tournament wins before he's a commodity in the coaching carousel again.
When this happens, will Gregg Marshall have spent enough time reflecting on his past behavior and rehabbing his image to be in a position to be the replacement at Marquette?