PJ gets a new deal!

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According to the AJC. Details of the contract have not been released yet.
 
I've heard it was a contract extension, not just an increase in pay. I'm pumped, because he gets what he has earned (more $$) and we get what we want (him for more years). I hope this is the case!
 
Yeah. I read somewhere that it was 7 years at 2.5 million a year. Maybe somebody else seen this?
 
He should get a 1 year contract extension and $200,000 raise. That's all we can afford and is reasonable in these economic times. He's only been here 1 year. If gets 10 wins next year he deserves $2M+.
 
GTKyle said:
He should get a 1 year contract extension and $200,000 raise. That's all we can afford and is reasonable in these economic times. He's only been here 1 year. If gets 10 wins next year he deserves $2M+.
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Shut up Kyle. Even you should understand that these things have nothing to with economic times...it's what the market demands.
 
GTKyle said:
He should get a 1 year contract extension and $200,000 raise. That's all we can afford and is reasonable in these economic times. He's only been here 1 year. If gets 10 wins next year he deserves $2M+.
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:lol2:

Did you find a leaked copy of the GTAA's financial statements?

Or did you never study the difference between macro and micro economics?
 
ncjacket said:
Shut up Kyle. Even you should understand that these things have nothing to with economic times...it's what the market demands.
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I agree with Kyle on this one(kind of). Nothing to do with the economy, but he hasn't really done anything to justify a raise in my opinion. Sure, he had a fantastic year, but let's keep it in perspective: it's not like he even won a division title. I have no doubt that he will bring us this and more in the future, but he didn't do it this year. The bottom line to me is that it has been ONE YEAR, and there are few things you can do in one year to justify a raise to me.

You're right about the market though: if he was going to leave us because we weren't giving him $200k more a year, it was worth it because he is a fantastic coach and we really do need to lock him up. However, I would be very disappointed if that was his attitude...willing to leave for a little more money after he just started a program.

This is just the opinion of an outsider though. I don't know how these things really work.
 
GT Kyle on the fiscal state of the GTAA and the coaching market:

GTKyle said:
He should get a 1 year contract extension and $200,000 raise. That's all we can afford and is reasonable in these economic times. He's only been here 1 year. If gets 10 wins next year he deserves $2M+.
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:noob:
 
Who are we? Notre Dame? Sure, he's a good coach and all. Let's commit ourselves for 10 years.

Worked for them. Contracts are for the benefit of the coach, not the AA.
 
gth816f said:
I agree with Kyle on this one(kind of). Nothing to do with the economy, but he hasn't really done anything to justify a raise in my opinion...
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Well he beat UGAy, that should be worth something. I know he was hired with the anticipation that this would happen, but it's still something that matters (and something that hasn't happened in quite a while).

The other thing he's done is make GT Football exciting. Not only has he energized the fanbase, but people who could usually care less about GT are now taking notice.
 
gsu_paintballer said:
Who are we? Notre Dame? Sure, he's a good coach and all. Let's commit ourselves for 10 years.

Worked for them. Contracts are for the benefit of the coach, not the AA.
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Yeah, obviously contracts do nothing to entice a coach to complete them. They just obligate the school to continue to pay.

Pay what the market dictates, but I anticipate a "coaching bubble" that will eventually burst as teams keep paying not only the current coach but the last one as well.

Schools are using the same type logic as the real estate speculators - that there will be no end to the increasing revenue from college sports. Eventually that well will run dry and we will have a correction.
 
gtduck said:
Well he beat UGAy, that should be worth something. I know he was hired with the anticipation that this would happen, but it's still something that matters (and something that hasn't happened in quite a while).

The other thing he's done is make GT Football exciting. Not only has he energized the fanbase, but people who could usually care less about GT are now taking notice.
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Hey, don't get me wrong, I love the guy. I think what he's doing is awesome. I just don't think that he deserves a raise for doing what we hired him to do. If he keeps us in the top 25 next year and wins the Coastal, great, give him an extension. But what if we go (God forbid) 8-4 next year with a loss to U[sic]GA and some D1AA team? Then we're right back at square one, except we're paying him more money for a longer time if this year turns out to be an aberration.

Just wait a little bit and see, that's all I'm saying. Especially given what is happening at Notre Dame right now. They all thought he was the best thing since sliced bread, but if they had just waited a year they could have seen that maybe he's not. You should never do anything in the heat of the moment.

If he would leave this year because we won't give him a raise, then maybe we don't need him. Not to say this was his doing...I'm sure it was his agent, and that's his agent's job.
 
gsu_paintballer said:
Who are we? Notre Dame? Sure, he's a good coach and all. Let's commit ourselves for 10 years.

Worked for them. Contracts are for the benefit of the coach, not the AA.
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I see your point, but PJ has a much better track record as a head coach than Weiss did when he got his extension...because he had never even been a head coach prior to taking the ND job. PJ has won everywhere he has been so I think that there's less risk involved.
 
The comparisons to Weis and Notre Dame are total bull****. Weis had never had head coaching experience. He was a "mastermind" offensive coordinator in the pros. See Chan Gailey.

Paul Johnson is a proven winner at the college head coaching level.

Point: Do whatever it takes to secure him here long term. Anyone who wants to compare this to Weis and Notre Dame is either
1.) retarded
2.) a ****ing idiot.
or
3.) just plain ignorant.

Which one are you.

p.s.
By the way GSU, you lose this thread and I win. Here is your dunce hat, now go sit in the corner.
 
2.5 mil is BIG $$$$ I would be surprised if it is that high. We don't have an 80k stadium that we sell out 7x's a year.

I will be interested to see the final $$$'s.

I guess nothing says I luv u like 2mil+!
 
BarrelORum said:
Paul Johnson is a proven winner at the college head coaching level.

Point: Do whatever it takes to secure him here long term. Anyone who wants to compare this to Weis and Notre Dame is either
1.) retarded
2.) a ****ing idiot.
or
3.) just plain ignorant.

Which one are you.
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Really BoR? There's no similarities between the two? I agree it is less risk than ND and Weis, but that doesn't mean that there are no similarities. In both cases, the coach had great success in their first season and they got an extension. Yes, our coach has had success(though not at this level) before and has a much better track record than Weis, but that doesn't GUARANTEE anything. I'm sure our extension won't be as long or stupid as what ND did for Weis(I hope), but I still don't think it's a necessary step.

Yes, the situations are different, but that doesn't mean that you can't take what you learned about one, admittedly different, situation and apply it to a new, yet similar, situation and get useful results. I learned about it in cognitive psychology, I think it's called "learning". And since the teacher didn't write that I was "retarded" or "a ****ing idiot," I think I probably absorbed the material pretty well.

And no, I don't want to go over how we all think he will do great and is the polar opposite of Charlie Weis, because I agree with all of that. That doesn't mean it is fact though, and all the ND people thought the same thing about Charlie.
 
lonestarjacket said:
Yeah, obviously contracts do nothing to entice a coach to complete them. They just obligate the school to continue to pay.

Pay what the market dictates, but I anticipate a "coaching bubble" that will eventually burst as teams keep paying not only the current coach but the last one as well.

Schools are using the same type logic as the real estate speculators - that there will be no end to the increasing revenue from college sports. Eventually that well will run dry and we will have a correction.
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Great post. Agree totally about the coaching bubble.
 
I think it will be more like $2mm per year with some other stipulations.

But he deserves it!!! He obviously wants to be here for a LONG TIME. GT is on the way back to the top of college football and we will be a contender EVERY SINGLE year.

Once this happens, everything else will fall in place. There will be a waiting list of season tickets, GT gear will be everywhere, and UGA will be our B*TCH.
 
gth816f said:
That doesn't mean it is fact though, and all the ND people thought the same thing about Charlie.
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Again, see my above post. Either your retarded, an idiot, or ignorant. Take your pick. There are no similarities. PJ has proven he is a winner at this level, how about this year genius? Or the fact that he built Navy into the biggest power it has been since Starbaugh? Or how about his championships at GSU? He's had one losing season as a head coach and it was his first year at Navy. If you don't recognize that we have a special coach, I hate to tell you but see the above...
1.) retard
2.) idiot
3.) ignorant
 
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