Show Me The Money: Part III

After looking at the big business that is college athletics by peeling back the curtain on athletic department budgets and the soaring salaries being paid head football coaches we decided to sneak a peek at just how much assistant coaches are paid to see who is getting rich and who in particualr is getting richer.

To compete in the NCCA at the highest levels Universities must be able to attract and keep their coaching staff intact.  At Miami's ACC rival Virginia Tech that has been the case.  Much like head coach Frank Beamer, Hokie defensive coordinator Bud Foster is a "lifer" which explains why he has been at VT for 18 years.  Continuity breeds success and VT has had their fair share.

As Miami fans know, one ofthe issues impacting the team's performance has been a high rate of turnover at both the offensive and defensive coordinators as well as other assistant coaching positions.  Current offensive coordinator Mark "Miracle" Whipple and defensive coordinator John "U Gotta" Lovett both enter their second year on the job.  The good news for Hurricane fans is that it is often during the second year that the most significant performance gains are made on the field

On March 10, the USA Today published an article detailing the rocketing increase in the salaries of college football assistants.  Nearly a dozen schools in the NCAA's top competitive division, the Division I-Football Bowl Subdivision, have made deals under which they will be spending at least 38% more on their offensive or defensive coordinator in 2010 than they did in 2009.

This year, at least six assistant football coaches will earn at least $700,000: University of Georgia's Todd Grantham, University of Alabama's Kirby Smart, Louisiana State University's John Chavis, University of South Carolina's Ellis Johnson, University of Texas at Austin's Will Muschamp, and University of Southern California's Monte Kiffin. 

In addition, the University of Virginia, Clemson University, the University of Illinois at Champaign and the University of Nebraska each will pay a coordinator at least 50% more in 2010 than it did in 2009.

Coordinators' salaries are rising at an unprecedented rate in college athletics. According to many who track these things, coaches salaries are quickly approaching an unsustainable level.

Darren Rovell at CNBC says that "Two things have happened recently that led to skyrocketing salaries. The first factor was the coach-in-waiting idea. Hoping to establish some sort of continuity, teams with aging coaches have named assistants as future head coaches."

AP Mack Brown, Head Coach of the Texas Longhorns

"It's already happened at Texas, where at some point in the foreseeable Mack Brown will be replaced by the school's current defensive coordinator Will Muschamp. Muschamp got a raise to $900,000 for the "coach—in—waiting" title. At Florida State, Bobby Bowden's coach—in—waiting is also the school's offensive coordinator Jimbo Fisher." 

The second is someone name Monte Kiffin, but we will get back to that later. 

According to the USA Today, at Miami's ACC rival Clemson University, the Tigers board of trustees' compensation committee recently decided to increase the guaranteed compensation for its 10-man football coaching staff by more than 56%, from $2.6 million last season to $4.055 million. 

This, despite the fact that Clemson's athletic department reported annual budget deficits in 2008 and 2009, and that all university employees, including those in the athletic department, had to take five furlough days because of state budget cuts. 

According to Clemson athletics director Terry Don Phillips, "We are fast arriving at a point — particularly with our compensation escalating as fast as it has — where in the next several months, depending on ticket sales, what the economy is doing and how the conference is going to fare with the next TV contract (a deal that is being negotiated), we'll have to look within our department to see where we can find savings. If we don't, it won't take too long to erode our good financial base."

OK now quick: Take a guess at the four highest paid assistant coaches in college football in 2009?

If you answered: Monte Kiffin (Tennessee), Will Muschamp (Texas), Ed Orgeron (Tennessee) and Jimbo Fisher (FSU) then you are correct! 

By accepting the generosity of his son Lane, Monte raked in a whopping $1.3 million dollars to leave Tampa Bay and join him at the University of Tennessee.  The Volunteers' coaching staff earned $5.325 million last season, including $3.325 million in salary for its nine assistant coaches.  The latter sum is the highest in the SEC, surpassing the $2.405 million Alabama paid its assistant coaches for the 2008 season by more than $900,000, and is believed to be the highest in college football.

After spending one year learning all of the rich traditions at UT, including all of the words to Rocky Top, the dynamic duo of Kiffin & Kiffin left the Volunteers and their fans high and dry (and a little lighter in their pockets) and have sinced moved on to sunny Southern California where apparently the grass, and the money, is even greener.

Which just goes to show that in the big business that is college football money can't buy you love, much less loyalty. 

Come on, you know the words, everybody sing along:

Rocky Top, you'll always be,

Home sweet home to me,

Good 'Ol Rocky Top,

Rocky Top Tennessee!

Credits: Material for this article was found at www.theusatoday.com, www.KnightCommission.org and www.CNBC.com.

Comments

[Aquaman]

Ray Ray Armstrong

[Old Skool]

Curses, foiled again

[SOUP]

Aqua...U going to UM @ FAU in Boca on 4/6 or FAU @ Miami on 4/7? If so I will hook U up with tickets and Canespace gear!

[Aquaman]

Gotta love athletic depts. and their ability to spend more money than ever for a average team.

[SOUP]

From Sports Illustrated:

It's a new day for Texas Tech football. Gone is the wildly popular pirate, who installed a record-breaking, scoreboard-abusing offense and led the Red Raiders to 84 wins and 10 straight bowl games. Gone is the coach who went on a Lubbock TV station to do the weather and gave a freshman dating advice. Gone is the loose cannon whose mouth was so often a liability ("fat little girlfriends," anyone?) and who was fired Dec. 30 following an indefinite suspension while the university investigated his isolating James in an electrical closet after the player suffered a concussion.

In stepped Tuberville, southern to the core with his drawn-out twang and down-home charm. He comes off more politician than football coach, and after their ugly divorce from Leach, he is the perfect remedy for the Red Raiders, able to win over the press, boosters and alumni. As Potts said: "I think it's a general consensus on everybody's part that they're complete opposites."

Tuberville is also no stranger to messes. When he was hired at Ole Miss in 1995, the school was under NCAA sanctions and had only 55 scholarship players. Two years later he led the Rebels to their first bowl game in five seasons and was named SEC Coach of the Year.

Of course, Texas Tech is a different kind of monster. This is not a program in need of rebuilding, coming off its eighth straight season with at least eight wins, which is why Tuberville doesn't intend on reinventing the wheel; he simply wants to add bite where the Red Raiders have been lacking it.

The running game and defense had been almost afterthoughts with Leach's teams. In each of the last nine seasons, the Red Raiders finished in the top five nationally in passing offense, ranking first six times. But in the last 10 years Tech was better than 104th in rushing only once (94th in '08) and ranked in the lower half of the FBS in total defense five times.

Charged with adding more balance to the offense is new coordinator Neal Brown, who engineered a Troy attack that was fourth in passing in '09 and 60th in rushing. He'll be maintaining the core of the Air Raid offense that made the Red Raiders into a slick, fan-friendly show and use it as a way to make further use of the running game, which includes a back with 1,000-yard potential in Baron Batch.

Read More: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2010/writers/cory_mccartney/03/19/tuberville/index.html?utm_source=bleacherreport.com#ixzz0ijqkeLId

[Aquaman]

Soup, I'm there. I've been working in Deerfield so I'll definetly be at the game in Boca. I've been talking to Kimbo Slice lately, he's been stopping by the hit factory and we've been talking about the U, he wants to come to a game. I'll try to convince him to come to the game at FAU cause I think he lives in Broward.

[Col. Sanders]

Lane Kiffin is Monte Kiffin's son, not brother. Go Canes!

[Daytoncane]

does Sam Shields get a pass on his arrest because he's a Cane? i bet he does.

i wonder what the reaction would be if it was a UF player?

[SOUP]

Colonel...I knew that, just wanted to see who was reading! ;-)

[SOUP]

Dayton...there's no pass for Sammy. Harvin got the treatment last year and Sammy will get the same. Gotta be smart if U wanna get rich.

Ask SarasotaCane to tell U his "insider" story about SS.

[SOUP]

I know it's only tennis and nobody cares but beating the Noles is always nice:

Tallahassee, Fla. - No. 13 University of Miami (9-3, 3-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) claimed its sixth consecutive win on Friday, picking up a 5-2 victory over in-state opponent No. 19 Florida State in ACC women's tennis action at the Scott Speicher Tennis Center in Tallahassee, Fla.

Miami began the day at the No. 1 doubles position, using the nation's seventh-ranked duo of Gabriela Mejia and Laura Vallverdu, for an early doubles lead, as the duo laid claim to an 8-1 victory over the team of Katie Rybakova and Federica Suess of Florida State (6-7, 0-2 Atlantic Coast Conference).

[SOUP]

Canes 4, Duke 2 third inning. Watch it on Game Tracker here:

http://www.goduke.com/newLiveStats/Baseball/index.dbml?GAME_STAT_ID=465180&db_oem_id=4200

[SOUP]

Canes 6, Duke 2

Bottom of the third.

[SOUP]

St. Mary's Gaels beat Villanova Wildcats!

Who are Gaels?

The Gaels are an ethno-linguistic group which spread from Ireland to Scotland and the Isle of Man. Their language is of the Gaelic (Goidelic) family, a division of Insular Celtic languages. The word in English was adopted in 1810 from Scottish Gaelic Gaidheal (compare Irish Gaedhealg and Old Irish Goídeleg) to designate a Highlander (OED). Gael or Goídeleg was first used as a collective term to describe people from Ireland; it is thought to have come from Welsh Gwyddel (Old Welsh Goídel), originally "raider", now "Irish person". Many people who do not speak Gaelic consider themselves to be 'Gaels' in a broader sense because of their ancestry and heritage.

What does the SMC Gael logo mean?

The SMC logo derived from the name Gaels is designed in part from the art form most notably, knot work design from the genre of Gaelic and Celtic times. The overlapping of letterforms creates a monogram that symbolizes unity, unity of school, and team. The shield is an element of protection and is one of the symbols of Gaelic warfare.

What does the Celtic knot represent?

Family, Unity, and Brotherhood

What does the shield represent?

Strength, Pride, and Celtic Warrior

[Montreal-Cane]

does Sam Shields get a pass on his arrest because he's a Cane? i bet he does.

i wonder what the reaction would be if it was a UF player?

Posted by: Daytoncane | March 20, 2010 at 02:41 PM

what happened to shields?

[SOUP]

Monty...this happened:

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/sfl-sam-shields-arrested-hurricanes-0319,0,3066738.story

[Montreal-Cane]

Poor Sam he has 2 kids...I hope he gets his act together and will play in the NFL...Grow up kid! You have a future!

[SOUP]

UM 6, Duke 3

Seventh inning.

[SOUP]

Check out this Duke player's name:

http://www.goduke.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=22852&SPID=1850&DB_OEM_ID=4200&ATCLID=1624892&Q_SEASON=2009

[404Canes404]

It's ashame that having a little herb can get you arrested, can't wait until the law catches up with society, no different than when alcohol was illegal.
That said you have to be smarter them SS and realize everything you have going for you and not allow yourself to get in a position to be caught doing anything illegal... JMO and I do not partake...

[Montreal-Cane]

Hey what's up Brother...

We should throw a contest on who will come up with the funniest idea about our 12 opponents in 2010...

Example:http://www.ebaumsworld.com/pictures/view/64030/

[Sebastian(2001U G.O.A.T.)]

Keep those updates on the baseball game coming SOUP

I cant seem to get the game on my tracker

[Sebastian(2001U G.O.A.T.)]

Come on Murray St.!!!!!!!!

[canezilla]

kimbo worksout at american top team.i work in the same parkinglot and see him everyday.i talked with him yesterday.he does live in broward(coral springs)got a sweet black bmw with the u tag on the back

[canezilla]

bottom 8 8-3 miami

[Caniak]

Omar wants Randy's Head, he does not think that Randy deserves a contract extension. I say extend the man or let him go...

[Six]

Who is Omar?

[Sebastian(2001U G.O.A.T.)]

Omar is a tool

[Six]

Scott Lawson 3-5 today, 3 Runs, 1 RBI (Triple)
Yasmani Grandal 2-4 today, 1 Run, 1 RBI
Chris Pelaez 1-5 today, 2 Runs, 2 RBI
Harold Martinez 3-4 today, 2 Runs, 3 RBI, (HR, Double)

Those are the 3 - 6 hitters in the lineup, getting the job done

Also nice to see how aggressive the Canes were on the bases today

Jason Santana 5 2/3 IP, 6 Hits, 3 Runs, 3 Earned Runs, 1 BB, 5 Ks, 25 Batters Faced

Canes 11, Duke 3 Final

[Sebastian(2001U G.O.A.T.)]

Nice job by the boyz of summer handling Duke

[orange 'n green in the vein]

Omar has never rebuilt an NCAA football program at a private school. But he sure does love him some Dolphins' beat money and I guess the alarm clock went off next to his bed again this time of the year so apparently it's time for him to have his cycle.

Fortunately we can now confirm Cav's diagnosis of him as a terminal case.

[Sebastian(2001U G.O.A.T.)]

Omar and Shandel should get together and write about Randy and title it

"Why Everything Is Randys Fault"

[aqua]

Posted by: canezilla | March 20, 2010 at 04:17 PM

Cool, I forgot that ATT trains in C.Creek. Very cool and approachable guy.

[solarcane]

dayton meant does Shields get a pass on Canespace , because of how everything anyone at UF or FSU does is magnified like it's a serial killing by the numb nuts here.
Those that aren't numb nuts know what I mean.

[Six]

25-7 after the 1st Round in my bracket

I knew I never should've trusted Texas and Rick Barnes to win at least ONE GAME

If anyone chose Ohio over Georgetown, you're either a chick that just chose them on dumb luck or a member of the Ohio basketball team

Hoyas, Okie State, Texas, Temple, Marquette, Siena, Richmond - thanks for letting me down in the 1st Round

I did put some $ on St.Mary's beating Villanova today though - so pretty jacked about that

[Six]

Shields doesn't get a pass on here, no way

I voiced my opinion on it at the end of the last blog

Doesn't get a pass ... but does get a puff puff pass

[Sebastian(2001U G.O.A.T.)]

Posted by: Six | March 20, 2010 at 05:42 PM

Made me some good coin off the St. Marys win

I was hoping for a big splash with Murray State, but oh well

So far just 5 losses on my end

[canechic]

Six - I heard that a little rumor that Sam's dad is ex-military and he turned his son straight over to Randy. Also Sam does not get a pass for his behavior but this "War on drugs" crap is on my last nerve. Angry pushes more harmful "legal" drugs everyday. You should see the garbage they were giving my Dad and he was acting like a fool taken that garbage they gave him. Not the chemo but the pain pills after surgery....no lie they were making him crazy!

[Sebastian(2001U G.O.A.T.)]

Canechic-
I dont have to battle through what your father does, but I do have a disorder involving the brain. I had to take many different drugs to help control it. The side effects from some of those pills I had to take were unreal. They finally have settled on the pills I need to be taking daily but its still tough. It was very difficult dealing with those side effects ill tell you that. Not good at all.

[CGNC]

Sebas - hang in there, I know it must be hard.

[canechic]

Sebas that is tough, I will keep you in my thoughts!

[CGNC]

Canechic - are you keeping everything in line at the Angry\Canechic household??? Take no prisoners girlie :)

[canechic]

I am trying CG :) Nicole just went back to school this morning. I am studying like a crazy woman and trying to do some spring cleaning in between!

[Six]

Sebastian - hang in there brah

My bracket just exploded with Kansas losing

Unreal. A Missouri Valley Conference team that isn't Indiana State with a guy named Larry Bird on it - knocks off the #1 overall seed

I watched Northern Iowa play five or six games this year and I knew they were gritty, could play some defense .... but man, everything that ever could go right for them happened today

[Six]

I'm going to go vomit now

[Daytoncane]

CC my mom had pulmonary fibrosis for years when i was still in grade school living in Atlanta.

it got so bad that the doctors had to put her on all kinds of different medications (including steriods). long story short, she started having hallucinations and impaired judgement. her behavior was that of a person suffering from bipolar disorder, so you can understand how hard it was to have a simple conversation with her.

im keeping you and your family in my prayers. hope your dad pulls through.

[canechic]

Thanks Dayton!

[Sebastian(2001U G.O.A.T.)]

Thanks for your support everyone

The other thing with those subcription pils they gave me at 1st was that it would make me see stuff that wasnt even there.

It had me acting goofier then hell

My wife would tell me that they would have to call in people to get me back into bed because I was beating the hell out of something that I thought was a guy I guess. Now you know that has to be some serious sheyat to be on.

Presrciption drugs with bad side effects sux azz

[Old Skool]

Solar
Thank you. Finally tried some Tony Cocheres tonight on some grilled chicken. It'll now be a permanent part of the kitchen.

[Sebastian(2001U G.O.A.T.)]

Northern Iowa played with some serious intentions in their game today

They didnt give a damn who the opponent was. They werent going to lose that game

My last hope is getting my last 3 final 4 teams there and hope my upset points are enough

[Daytoncane]

didn't forget about you either Sebas.

im pullin for you too bro.

[Sebastian(2001U G.O.A.T.)]

Thank Dayton

[Sebastian(2001U G.O.A.T.)]

I need K.St. Duke and Mizzou to get to the final 4 for me and all 7 of the final 8 to get in as well and ill still be more then ok

[Chris]

Former Miami Hurricane, Denis Clemente (relative of Roberto Clemente) is playing right now in the KSU-BYU game. You all may remember Haith kicking him off the team in 2007 for violating team rules....He's a fifth year senior for the wildcats and looks impressive. He was that point guard we were looking for during the 2008 - 2009 season that should have culminated in a sweet sixteen birth for the canes (McClinton, Graham, D. Collins, et. al)....

Anyways, here's are some excerpts from a recent article to tell you well he's been faring at KSU:

"To describe their college careers, you could use words such as mercurial and momentous for Denis Clemente and steady and surprising for Jonathan Rodriguez.

Clemente, a 6-0 senior point guard who leads Kansas State in assists and is second in points, was named the Big 12 Player of the Week twice in a three-week span last month.....

The insanity began Wednesday night, when Clemente's Wildcats, 24-4 and ranked fifth in the nation, played at No. 2 Kansas (27-2), which has won 58 consecutive home games -- the nation's longest active streak.

Before the game, Clemente, who is averaging 15.8 points and 4.1 assists, said: ''It's going to be hard, but what game isn't hard in the Big 12?''....

However, Clemente was blazing fast and had a game that translated well. He was a scoring point guard, and few doubted he could do his thing against big-time college competition.

Clemente was an immediate standout for the Hurricanes, starting 28 games in his first two years, twice erupting for 24 points.

But then Clemente faced adversity for the first time in his career. He was dismissed from the Canes after he broke unspecified team rules. Gone was everything Clemente knew and loved: tropical weather, a Spanish-speaking community and a basketball team to call his own.

Clemente went through the recruiting process again and chose Kansas State, largely because the Wildcats have a coach who knows first hand about second chances. Frank Martin, fired by Miami High in 1998, was willing to give Clemente another shot.

Clemente had to sit out the 2007-08 season as per NCAA transfer rules, and it gave him time to reflect.

''I was immature in Miami,'' Clemente said. ''There were too many attractions there, and I wanted to do what everyone else was doing. I needed to focus and not play around like I did in Miami.''

Clemente struggled with English when he was in Miami. At news conferences, he would mumble indecipherable answers. Now, three years later, Clemente is much more comfortable speaking the language and even is philosophical.

'Everything happens for a reason,'' said Clemente, who used his year off to practice with and against two Kansas State players now in the NBA -- Michael Beasley and Billy Walker. ''Coach Martin helped me a lot. We speak the same language. We understand each other.

''Here, no one speaks Spanish. I had to learn English. It was not impossible.''

Clemente proved that by closing in on a degree in social science. He needs three credits this semester to become the first member of his family to graduate from college.

''It's a dream come true,'' Clemente said. ''I thank God.''

Kansas State fans are equally thankful for Clemente, who was the Big 12 Newcomer of the Year last season and second-team All-Conference. This season, he has helped lead the Wildcats to their highest ranking since they were No. 3 in 1962...."

http://www.gocamels.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=15300&ATCLID=204900703

[novaCANEPHINatic]

Posted by: Chris | March 20, 2010 at 10:06 PM

Chris good stuff there. I was wondering when I saw his name that D. Clemente looked familiar, but I thought it was pronounced "Clement" and he now goes by "Denny" , just never connected the dots.

[SOUP]

'Nova and kansas bite the dust? There goes the bracketology!

[raizecane]

CC - I see Angry was playing COD not that long ago....heck, he may still be playing, LOL.

[SOUP]

Canechic...went to see the Lightning play the Caps tonight over in Tampa. That Ovechkin dude is as good as billed. He scored one crazy good goal that should be on ESPN and almost had two more. His shot is quick and deadly.

[SOUP]

From www.hurricanesports.com:

The 11th-ranked University of Miami baseball team clinched its second straight Atlantic Coast Conference series on Saturday, cruising to an 11-3 victory over Duke at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park.

The `Canes, who won 3-1 on Friday night behind a complete game two-hitter from Chris Hernandez, improved to 4-1 in league play and 13-5 overall with the eight-run win Saturday afternoon. UM will look for the series sweep Sunday at 1 p.m. in the series finale.

Harold Martinez led the `Canes at the plate, finishing the day 3-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored. For the second time on the weekend, he homered over the famous "Blue Monster" in left - bringing his team-high homer total to six on the year. Scott Lawson also had another big day at the plate, going 3-for-5 with three runs scored while Zeke DeVoss and Yasmani Grandal each has a pair of hits.

The Hurricanes totaled 15 hits on Saturday, good enough for the second-highest hit total by Miami this season. UM's 11 runs scored also marked the team's seventh double-digit scoring game this year.

[Captain Optimist aka Cavaleer]

Shields leaves campus for a couple of months and loses his head. Goodness gracious.

How many Cokerites left??

[Esteban]

saw this at NFL.com....

Broncos LB D.J. Williams is foregoing a $100,000 workout bonus to stay home and get into shape in Miami.

[francis w]

UPNORTHCANE ...............
I need you to EMail me at stkwatcher@aol.com
I thought yours was saved in my address book when I sent U a messoge, it was not.
I have info, some good some not...so...good
Fran

[Cat 5 Cane]

Bud Foster
.........................................

Bud Foster contacted about UGA defensive coordinator post

By Marc Weiszer - marc.weiszer@onlineathens.com

Published Monday, December 14, 2009
Buzz up!
Georgia football coach Mark Richt said prior to facing Virginia Tech in the 2006 Chick-fil-A Bowl that the Hokies under defensive coordinator Bud Foster "just get after it," and "their defense is better than most in the SEC, if not at the top."
........................................

Now, Foster says he has been contacted by Georgia about the opening for its defensive coordinator position, according to Virginia Tech assistant athletic director Dave Smith.

Foster earns $402,000, according to a salary survey by USA Today. That’s about $75,000 more than former Georgia defensive coordinator Willie Martinez made.
.......................................

“You know, I'm in a win-win situation the way I look at it,” Foster said before the Hokies played in the Orange Bowl last year. “I work for, I think, the best head coach in college football. I've been with Frank (Beamer) for a long time. You know, I get paid well. I've got a great contract. I've probably got a head coach's contract as an assistant coach. That's part of it, too. The grass isn't always greener on the other side.
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Va. Tech moves to lock up Bud Foster with annuity payment in 2014

By Darryl Slater
Published: December 15, 2009
Updated: December 15, 2009

BLACKSBURG -- The powers that be at Virginia Tech have made it clear again that they will do everything they can to keep Bud Foster as their defensive coordinator, while preventing other schools from hiring him.

Foster, who had been offered Georgia's defensive coordinator position, reached an agreement with Tech yesterday that would result in him receiving a one-time annuity payment if he stays in his current job through the 2014 season, Athletic Director Jim Weaver said.

The amount of that payment will be disclosed after the holidays, once "other details" are worked out, Weaver said.

The agreement does not affect Foster's current contract, which this year paid him $402,000, according to a USA Today database of college football coaches' salaries. Foster has a five-year rollover contract, which means the length of the contract is extended by one year after every season, so it always remains at five years.

The new agreement will pay Foster $800,000 in deferred compensation if he remains employed at Virginia Tech through the 2014 football season. Should Foster leave prior to the end of the 2014 season, he would not receive any part of this deferred package.

The only other qualification to the 2014 date is that in the event Frank Beamer resigns or does not continue in his position as head football coach, Foster will receive the deferred compensation with the effective date of Beamer’s departure.
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Foster's take on his contract situation

January, 21, 2010 Jan 214:38PM ETEmail
Print Share By Heather Dinich

Virginia Tech defensive coordinator Bud Foster has it made and he knows it.

There are some coordinators out there who make more money, but when it comes to the complete package, "I've probably got the best contract in the country," he said. The recent annuity, he said, was just "icing on the cake."

He's right. And while it's not a coach-in-waiting agreement, it's a definite vote of confidence, and that's enough to satisfy Foster.
........................................

"Foster has a five-year rollover contract, which means the length of the contract is extended by one year after every season, so it always remains at five years."...
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Now that a contract!

[Cat 5 Cane]

Living in a place that you love and doing what you like to do and making about $8,000.00 a week, with a 5 year guarantee of 2 mil down the road...

Ain't bad for a country boy!

[Cat 5 Cane]

Later...

[raizecane]

C5C - are you the one that lives in Deltona??

[solarcane]

skool welcome
yea that Tony C will pep up anything!

Here is one of their recipes that is delicious and filling as hell.
You can buy the dark roux from Savois, or some other premade if you like.

Its a little work so we make up 8 servings and freeze some for two or three meals

Chicken, Andouille, and Smoked Sausage Gumbo

Estimated time:
Prep time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 40 minutes
Serves: 8

Ingredients:
1 pound Smoke Sausage
1 pound Andouille
1/2 pound Chicken Thigh Meat (Boneless)
2 tablespoon Oil
1/2 cup Butter
2 cup Chopped Onions
1 cup Chopped Celery
1 cup Chopped Bell Pepper
1/4 cup Granules (Chicken Flavored)
1 tablespoon Black Pepper
1 3/4 tablespoon Red Pepper
1/10 tablespoon Garlic Powder
1/10 Whole Bay Leaf
1/10 pinch Oregano
1/10 pinch Thyme
1 teaspoon Hot Pepper Sauce
2 can Chicken Broth
3 can Water
1 cup Dark Roux
1/4 cup Chopped Green Onion

Directions:

1: Warm up a large gumbo pot over medium heat, then reduce to low heat.

2: In a cast iron skillet, saute' smoked sausage in half of the cooking oil over medium high heat until sausage begins to brown (about 4 to 5 minutes).

3: Transfer sausage to the gumbo pot.

4: Saute' andouille in the skillet over medium high heat until slightly browned.

5: Transfer andouille to gumbo pot.

6: Saute' chopped onions, celery, and bell pepper in butter in the skillet for 8 to 10 minutes.

7: Add all seasonings and bouillon granules to skillet and cook for 3 minutes, stirring constantly.

8: Transfer vegetable and seasoning mixture to gumbo pot.

9: Saute' chicken, half a batch at a time, in remaining cooking oil until slightly browned.

10: Transfer chicken to gumbo pot.

11: Add hot pepper sauce, chicken broth, and water to gumbo pot and bring to a boil over medium high heat.

12: Crumble in dark roux.

13: Bring to a boil again, then reduce heat, and cook gumbo on a low boil for 40 minutes.

14: Simmer for 10 minutes.

15: Garnish with green onions and serve with potato salad

bon appetit

[SOUP]

Living in a place that you love and doing what you like to do and making about $8,000.00 a week, with a 5 year guarantee of 2 mil down the road...

Posted by: Cat5Cane | March 21, 2010 at 09:22 AM

U got that right! That's only $8,000 more a week and $2 M bonus more than I get for running this blog.

Did U ever wake up one day and realize: "I'm in the wrong business?"

[roachcane77]

Hey what happened to my post?

[roachcane77]

OK... let's try this again.

Speaking of the Kiffens leaving The Vols high and dry... check this out.

http://www.govolsxtra.com/news/2010/mar/18/dooley-bryce-brown-now-he-not-part-team/

[PhillyCane]

Will the Spring Game be broadcast via Internet? Maybe justin TV or something?

[CANES HOCKEY]

Miami Hurricanes hockey team clinched a # 1 seed in the NCAA hockey tournament.

[PhillyCane]

hahah riiiight Miami of Ohio maybe

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TRIVIA QUESTION FOR A CANESPACE TSHIRT:

Which ACC school has won the most ACC championships this year (Fall 2009-Spring 2010)?

[SOUP]

Will the Spring Game be broadcast via Internet? Maybe justin TV or something?

Posted by: PhillyCane | March 21, 2010 at 01:43 PM

It's on CSS. I'll get the details for U.

[PhillyCane]

Thanks Soup

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Spring Practice will conclude at Traz Powell Stadium located on the north campus of Miami Dade College (11380 NW 27th Avenue) on Saturday, March 27.

UM's annual spring game which is slated to start at 4:30 p.m. Gates will open at 3 p.m. Players will take part in an autograph session from 3:30-4 p.m.

The game will be broadcast live on CSS.

[SOUP]

UM 6, Duke 6

Top of the ninth, Canes at bat.

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Philly...here is what I found:

http://www.css-sports.com/pages/college_football

[PhillyCane]

Perfect thank you

[SOUP]

Here is more on 2009 UM highlights:

http://www.css-sports.com/pages/um_dvd_2009_10/

[SOUP]

UM 7, Duke 6

Bottom of the ninth, Duke at bat.

[SOUP]

CANES WIN, CANES WIN!!!

UM SWEEPS DUKE.

[PhillyCane]

Miamis women beat florida nice

[roachcane77]

So Bryce Brown leaving UT was old news then?

http://www.govolsxtra.com/news/2010/mar/18/dooley-bryce-brown-now-he-not-part-team/

[DZ8]

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[Ungar]

does Sam Shields get a pass on his arrest because he's a Cane? i bet he does.

i wonder what the reaction would be if it was a UF player?

Posted by: Daytoncane | March 20, 2010 at 02:41 PM

Nope, no free pass. In fact, unlike some players up north that get to play in their bowl game after a DUI, I GUARANTEE that Sheilds will not play another game for the University of Miami. Is that a strong enough reaction?
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or was that too subtle... ;-)