PREDICTION on PETE CARROLL

[jeckll]

I agree with all that, he is in a position to be considered among the elite college football coaches and with 2 national championships, maybe 3, he'll have great recruitment for years to come.

However, as we all know is true in sports, C.R.E.A.M.

Cash
Rules
Everything
Around
Me

IIRC, Pete makes around 3 mil at USC. He could probably make close to DOUBLE that in the NFL. I would assume that USC is willing to make him the highest paid college coach over Charlie Weis, so you gotta assume in renegotiations he could get around 4 mil

I wouldn't be surprised if he jumps ship in a few years or less and takes the extra 30%+ pay raise to work in the NFL. Sure, he could stay at USC and cement his legacy, but the guy already has 2 national championships in 3 years and is going for 3 in 4. He will be revered at USC for years to come.

The people in sports who care more about legacy than cash are few and far between. Karl Malone and the Glove come to examples recently who took pay cuts to play on a team they thought would win them a championship. But most players and coaches will take the extra cash, legacy, history and success notwithstanding.

We'll see which type of person Pete is, soon enough

 

[docmercer--banned]

6 mill per year?????

 

[cincy_]

P Carroll is regularly on the radio here in Boston and I feel that it will take a LOT - and I mean a LOT - to get him to leave USC.

From what I understood, he doesn't really have to recruit kids - he said the toughest thing was evaluating high schoolers to figure out who deserves a scholarship. In other words, "How do they narrow down the list to the best 25 kids?"

Every BCS bowl is $14 million and USC has been to 3 in a row. I know the other PAC 10 schools get a cut, but if you add in the fact the endowments and alumni contribution rises when you win, and you add in the free publicity that USC gets, I would say he is worth AT LEAST $5 million a year to that university.

 

[5teamparlay]

Congrats on getting to the superbowl pete!!!!