DC Brian Stewart to make $350K/yr
by broadcastterp on Jan 30, 2012 1:28 PM EST
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PrintSometimes, it seems like the athletic department is a spoiled child. They want anything they can get their hands on, no matter what the cost. After escaping a $350K contract with Bradford, Stewart is now inked to a two-year pact with that salary. Unlike Locksley, he's not a recruiting powerhouse, in D.C. or anywhere. He's coming in to install a 3-4 defense and make our team remember how to play in the second halves of games. With all of the deficits the program has, it's appalling to see this kind of money get doled out again.
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The Bradford and Crowton contract/salaries were a disaster. No doubt.
But since those mistakes have been made, and we’ve had to eat them, what was the option here? Not spend any money on new DC’s and OC’s, and guarantee no progress? It’s a bitter pill to swallow, for sure, especially in the financial state we’re in. But it seems our only hope to get out from this mess is to build a strong and revenue generating football program. Looks like Locks is already paying dividends, and if it’s true that Goldman is re-considering UMD, then I think it’s a good deal for us.
You know what loses more money?
A terrible football program.
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by RedTurtle on Jan 30, 2012 2:04 PM EST via mobile reply actions
My point exactly
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by RedTurtle on Jan 30, 2012 4:41 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Goldman
Eddie Goldman is absolutely NOT re-considering Maryland again. These are just rumors people keep sticking with despite them being from several months ago. He’s already cut his list and Maryland was left out. Time to move on
Gotta use the reply button man
and we have seen people cut their list and then add MD… and then actually commit to MD. So I wouldnt rule anything out. After Wes Brown, anything can happen.
by Charlotte NC Terp on Jan 30, 2012 2:08 PM EST up reply actions
no way in hell he comes. but if we got our hat on that table he choses from.
just that would be pretty good
by Maryland1206 on Jan 30, 2012 3:27 PM EST up reply actions
Is this all that much money?
Especially for a DC with NFL Coordinator experience?
From the article linked below: “There were 23 assistants making at least $500,000 this season and 48 making at least $400,000.” “There already are indications that assistant coach compensation will keep rising sharply next season.”
48 assistant coaches made at least $400k in the just-completed season. My guess is that another 10 or 12 make between 350k and 400k. Rough estimate, then, that there are approximately 60 coordinators (offensive or defensive) making $350k or more.
A quick search showed me that there are 66 teams from BCS conferences. That means there are approximately 130 coordinators. In other words—Stewart is approximately the 60th highest paid out of 130 coordinators at BCS schools.
Is that really that bad?
I have no issues
Pay the best to get the best. I would rather pay the man decent money then to hire some slap dick for $100K.
by Charlotte NC Terp on Jan 30, 2012 2:09 PM EST up reply actions
100% agreed
I’m definitely on board with the idea that you have to spend money to make money.
There are two related points here that the OP seemed to gloss over.
First, is $350k really that much money for a coordinator? He assumed it was. In reality, we gave him a salary just barely above the median for a coordinator in a BCS conference.
Second, even if $350k was a lot of money for a coordinator, another question remains—was it worth it? Here, we get a guy with a pretty good track record as both an NFL coordinator and a college coordinator. I think his resume is, at the very least, commensurate with his pay—in other words, his resume strikes me as “a little better than the resume of the run-of-the-mill BCS team coordinator.”
Crowtons Contract
We weren’t on the hook except for whatever we paid him during the season plus his 3 month tenure in a non-coaching role. He never signed his contract and we got off extremely lucky.
Agree with bshock, this isn’t a lot of money considering this guy ran a top 10 3-4 defense in the nfl 2 years in a row before being Jerrys scapegoat. He isn’t known as a great recruiter, but Gattuso and Locksley pick up the slack in that area. I think being able to go into a recruits house and say that you coached a top 10 nfl defense is a great selling point when you can say “I can utilize you like I did with Demarcus Ware.”
"He isn't know as a great recruiter", is correct.
But he isn’t known as a BAD recruiter either. He barely had any time to establish himself at Houston, so I’d say the jury is still out. Perhaps we might have a diamond-in-the-rough, when it comes to his recruiting. Time will tell.
by 1 proud terp on Jan 30, 2012 2:50 PM EST up reply actions
Locks isn't that much higher
isn’t his base $375k before bonuses?
$350K very reasonable in this Crazy SportsWorld!
With that attitude, we would probably have to hire a high school coach. I agree we should have never given Edsall that kind of money and the length of the assistant contracts were absolutely stupid, but I actually think the guy signed below market.
Remember the whole college coaches salary structure is insane, and living near DC is NOT cheap! Living in middle of Texas, Mississippi, Georgia, Kansas, etc, a $350,000 house is a mansion, $350K around DC buys you a shack, or a run of the mill townhouse!
Let’s hope he gets a $200,000 raise in a couple of years at Maryland, that will mean probably we’re again winning, or he’s at least doing well. We paid Friegen $2 mil a year for a .500 record his last 5-6 years!! Putting an extra 20,000 asses in the seats per game in Byrd Stadium probablyy equates to at least $7 Mil per year!
Does anyone know why?
He didnt go to the new team with his old coach? He had already been left behind, before he took the MD job…. if he was that good, why didn’t his old HC take him to the new gig?
Seriously curious…. was worried its a bad sign…. or maybe they just didnt personally get along?
As to the money, seems reasonable…. The crime was Bradford getting the kind of money he got….
I think it was just a difference in philosophy.
Stewart’s a 3-4 guy, and historically Sumlin has favored the 4-3, Snyder (the new DC at A&M) is a 4-3 guy.
by FearTheTurtle on Jan 30, 2012 10:42 PM EST up reply actions
If our D next year ranks in the top 40 BCS schools
Then we made a good investment.
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