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LUKE FICKEL LEADING CANDIDATE AT YSU
ysufan0505:
--- Quote from: DoubleE on November 28, 2014, 10:38:58 PM ---someone explain to me why Fickel would take a 350K a year paycut to be the head coach at YSU ?
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Only if he he wants a chance to be a head coach and build a program and be back close to Tress.
paladin:
The only reason a major assistant will take the job is if he is being forced out or being fired at the major school. No one takes a huge pay cut to take a HC job at a mid major that he may be fired at in a few years and then not be attractive to hire again as an attractive major assistant.
Spiderlegs:
I don't know whether Fickell is a good idea or not, but I don't find anything unusual about him taking a position in an FCS school. There are no signs that he is seen as an attractive candidate for a FBS HC job. OSU people are widely divided about him, and he is not a Meyer guy--at some point you want a job where people want you simply for peace of mind. He is a buddy of Everitt Withers, who left OSU for the HC job at James Madison and by all accounts is quite happy there. You've got to believe that the two of them will talk about Withers experience if YSU approaches Fickell.
Some people mistakenly think this is about money. In sports, you get your moment in the spotlight and move on. Very few people stay in the spotlight forever. To have to settle for a $250K-a-year job as HC at YSU isn't a bad gig once you step out of the spotlight, and he's young enough that a successful stint at YSU could result in him moving back into the spotlight later. Hypothetically, Fickell's coming here could happen.
BigDWSU:
--- Quote from: DoubleE on November 28, 2014, 10:38:58 PM ---someone explain to me why Fickel would take a 350K a year paycut to be the head coach at YSU ?
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Anyone that pays attention to OSU football knows that Luke's salary and job keeps getting demoted. He made 650K in his one year as head coach at OSU. He made 600K as co-defensive coordinator last year and was making the play calls as DC. His salary dropped to 450K this year and although he kept the title of co-DC, he no longer makes the play calls on defense for OSU. Chris Ash does now. Luke is basically a linebacker coach with a glorified co-DC title now. He is never going to get a HC job at a major university the way things stand. I could see him taking another pay cut to become the head man at YSU. It would allow him the chance to prove himself as a coach and I believe he will think it will give him the chance to become head man at OSU when Urban retires. He has no shot at that now if he stays at OSU as LB coach.
YSUGO:
Pally Hit it on the nose. Its not about the money. Its being where u are wanted and getting a chance to ve your own man.
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