Board member of Louisville: the school is unable to buy Bobby Petrino
Board member of Louisville: the school is unable to buy Bobby Petrino
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USA Today SportsBobby Petrino may have chosen a good time for a bad year.
As much as frustrated fanatics and exaggerated talk show types want the University of Louisville to fire its football coach, a board member of the University of Louisville Athletic Association believes that the purchase of Petrino by $ 14 million it could be prohibitive.
"The university is not in a position to buy it," Tom Meeker said Monday.
Money is scarce. Donations are below. The Hickman Camp Fund, whose balance of $ 16.8 million represented more than two-thirds of ULAA's available funds at the end of 2017, lost more than half of its value through the basketball coach. The purchase of Chris Mack from Xavier University and Louisville Agreement with former athletic director Tom Jurich.
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ULAA business manager Jeff Spoelker said Monday that the Hickman Camp Fund had been reduced to $ 8 million by June. With $ 168 million in debt service already scheduled until 2044 and Lawsuit for breach of contract by Rick Pitino Still pending, ULAA seems reluctant to take on additional responsibilities.
So while Petrino has climbed to number 6 in coacheshotseat.comThis may be a more accurate reflection of public opinion than of the feeling of the board of directors.
"The fans are part of the campus community," said Meeker. "They have to be heard. ... (But) I'm not on the board to make easy decisions. "
Meeker evaluated the situation with an analogy of his Marine Corps parachute training.
"I think the football program is in good hands, although the fact that we are not winning (this season)," he said. "... I do not think it's time to stand at the door, jump out of the plane and take out the D ring."
Clearly, the Petrino cardinals do not fly high. They have reached the midpoint of their season by 2-4, absorbing more recently a 66-31 thumping by Georgia Tech which was ranked as the most unbalanced home defeat in the school since 1997. Two years after a 52-7 victory at Boston College, Louisville will return to Chestnut Hill this week as a 14-point loser.
"I think we have the potential to turn it around," Petrino said Monday afternoon. "Actually, we were 2-4 before, the year we were 0-3 when Lamar (Jackson) was a freshman (2015), and then we got back on track and we ended up really strong. What to imagine, that's what you have to do, but the way to do it is to focus on a game and prepare for Boston College and find a way to win. "
At least public, the Louisville athletic director, Vince Tyra, also focuses on the immediate future. He was contacted via a text message on Monday and refused to address how the university's finances could influence Petrino's fate.
"We have half a season left, so I do not intend to speculate about Bobby's future, I'll only support him when we face Boston College this week," Tyra wrote.
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The Petrino contract extension for 2016 stipulates that you will be paid up to three years in case of termination, plus up to $ 1.5 million in bonuses based on predetermined academic benchmarks.
Even so, however, USA TODAY's salary database shows that Petrino's purchase is barely a fifth of the potential $ 68 million donation from Texas A & M to Jimbo Fisher, and less than half of Clemson's Dabo Swinney; Nick Saban of Alabama;
As coaching salaries increase, so does the cost of paying coaches who do not train.
"Schools could make common-sense contracts and really honor them, plus coaches could do the same thing, but we know how likely it is," said David Ridpath, who teaches sports management at Ohio University. "At the Power Five level (conference), I'm not convinced there's a limit or limit to this."
Unless there is a tremendous change, Louisville could be an intriguing test case. If Louisville can not afford to fire Petrino, he can not afford to keep it if that means a major drop in attendance. There does not seem to be much middle ground.
"I know that the cash resources of the university are exhausted," said Bill Stone, a former Louisville trustee. "It can be a blessing in disguise that we do not have all the money in the world right now, as it will force us to keep our coach and help him improve his staff."
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