Drake Coach to CO State

[NickTheGreat]

I'm kinda surprised. I hate to see a coach jump ship after a year. I get it, I just don't like it.

 

[rholtgraves]

No problem with him moving on but that sucks for Drake.

 

[ForbinsAscynt]

No problem with him moving on but that sucks for Drake.

This is where I'm at. I like CSU to some degree and always enjoy visiting Ft. Collins but feel for Drake

 

[Acylum]

I think half that team will be playing for their 4th different HC, if you count Rutter among the four.

 

[NoCreativity]

What a sellout. This is a huge reach for Colorado St. Expect him to flame out in 2 or 3 years there.

Going .500 in the valley and getting destroyed by Iowa doesn't equal a promotion to a better gig.

 

[Cyclonepride]

According to the Drake Newspaper he made at least $401,200.

https://timesdelphic.com/2017/03/29/the-search-for-a-new-mens-baskteball-coach-is-over

Martin said Drake “made investments into the program” in order to hire Medved. This included an augmented salary pool to hire assistant coaches.

Martin added that Medved will be compensated among the top half of head coaches in the Missouri Valley Conference. This means Medved’s salary will be at least $401,200 per year, the median salary amongst MVC head coaches, according to an analysis conducted by The Times-Delphic.

Also dropped $50k to give the team a postseason victory lap (and gave tickets away for free IIRC) for their return to some measure of respectability.

 

[Acylum]

Also dropped $50k to give the team a postseason victory lap (and gave tickets away for free IIRC) for their return to some measure of respectability.

What did this entail? I never heard about it.

 

[Cyclonepride]

What did this entail? I never heard about it.

Entry fee

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_Basketball_Invitational

 

[Acylum]

Entry fee

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/College_Basketball_Invitational

Ah okay. I thought you were talking about some sort of get-together at the Knapp Center or something. My bad.

(Edit- It doesn't look like they were in the CBI this year, so I'm still lost)

(Double edit- It was the CIT.)

 

[CYphyllis]

Missouri Valley Salaries FWIW-From MVCFans.com

Ben Jacobson-UNI-$975,000 (plus $25k annual raise)
Brian Wardle-Bradley-$700,000 (plus $10k annual raise)
Dan Muller-Illinois State-$660,000
Porter Moser-Loyola-$600,000
Matt Lottich-Valpo-$500,000
Niko Medved-Drake-$425,000
*Walter McCarty-Evansville-$400,000
Barry Hinson-Southern Illinois-$325,000
*Dana Ford-Missouri State-$305,000
Greg Lansing-Indiana State-$295,000

*=New coaches for 2018-2019

Do to being broke UNI is exempt from state budget cuts, leaving it all for ISU and Iowa to take on, but they still pay an MVC basketball coach a million per year? Something feels off about that.

After a quick Google search it looks like they gave him a 2 year extension last spring (after going 14-16) bringing him back up to a full 10 years on this contract. He doesn't even have to win at a lowish mid major level to get damn near seven figures per year for seemingly as long as he wants. **** me, Ben Jacobsen has the best job in college basketball.

 

[CyCrazy]

What a sellout. This is a huge reach for Colorado St. Expect him to flame out in 2 or 3 years there.

Going .500 in the valley and getting destroyed by Iowa doesn't equal a promotion to a better gig.

Iowa destroyed someone this year? Who knew. And I like the faux outrage.

 

[NoCreativity]

Iowa destroyed someone this year? Who knew. And I like the faux outrage.

Don't try to minimize how outraged I am.

 

[CyCrazy]

Don't try to minimize how outraged I am.

Your outrage can't be.

 

[67CY]

This is an accurate correction. I was actually talking to a friend about this the other day. I love college basketball. It's easily my favorite of all sports-- professional or collegiate. I will sit down and watch just about any random *** CBB game on TV. But I've never once had the thought pop up "hey, I should go check out that Drake game today." Affordable tickets, live basketball, could take the kids. But nope. There is just no excitement, no buzz. Other than Timmer I don't think I could have named anyone on the team from Emmenecker until now.

Also, they don't seem to pull much local talent. I see some kids from small towns across the state, but they never seem to pull any talent from the Des Moines/CIML area.

It's just a bad, bad brand. Bad gym, bad basketball, bad all around.

However, doesn’t it supposedly have very high academic standards and prestige to go along with being very expensive

 

[Cyched]

Don't try to minimize how outraged I am.

 

[Three4Cy]

I'm kinda surprised. I hate to see a coach jump ship after a year. I get it, I just don't like it.

So if you were in his shoes, you would have stayed at Drake?

Most likely going to get a 5-6 year contract and almost double his salary. He has a history at CSU, knows the recruiting and can set himself up quite well even if he doesn't cut it.

 

[Cyched]

So if you were in his shoes, you would have stayed at Drake?

Most likely going to get a 5-6 year contract and almost double his salary. He has a history at CSU, knows the recruiting and can set himself up quite well even if he doesn't cut it.

Understand why Drake is upset, but the guy is doing what's in his best interest. No different than regular folks who switch jobs.

 

[ianoconnor]

Budget issues aside, Jacobson is worth every bit of $1M for UNI, in my opinion.

 

[Iastfan112]

Budget issues aside, Jacobson is worth every bit of $1M for UNI, in my opinion.

Questionable imo. Only won the conference outright 2/12 times. 4/12 NCAA appearances. Miss postseason play altogether 3 out of the 5 last years. Even in a successful year your team having absolutely no ability to inbound the ball in a pressure situation is a bad look.

 

[nfrine]

Ha! I wonder how Ross Peterson will take it. He’s spent a lot of time gushing over Niko.

Ross gushed over Niko/Drake because that was the quality win for the Hoks this year.