Yes this is a long year for baseball.
I personally think the $400k figure is more than fair, quite possibly low. Then there is the increased expense of 2 assistants that a coach of the caliber would want. We could get #2 for around $100k or less, but no way we see the top assistant at less than $200k to a quarter-million.
Coaches for the 68 teams that made the NCAA tournament in 2015 made an average salary of $1.48 million, according to USA Today. Many also received bonuses for advancing, ranging from around $20,000 to $100,000, according to the Washington Post. The highest salary I see for last year is 4.86mil (salary only) at Duke.
Now. just how much do you think this will inflate the staff salaries among our other sports? Quite a bit. It is just like raising the minimum wage. no one cares more than the other employees that have been working what was once above minimum wage, but they now make less and receive a raise just to make what is now minimum, even after some tenure. Minimal salary breeds minimal effort and talent. This will then impact the quality of employee hires.