-1 Day and Its finally Over.

[oldguystudent]

19 hours ago, EagleMBA said:

Meanwhile, after #hit-22 tomorrow, TB (soon to be known as DB) excuses himself to go to the loo on the way back to Denton...

 

he bailed with a parachute, six suits, and a negotiated contract completion bonus.

That was beautiful.  I'll put it on my to-do list to search for stacks of 20s and 100s around the East Texas area.  

(Man I miss the old 727s) 

[greenjoe]

Wait...He gets a "contract completion bonus" ?

[DeepGreen]

What???   A contract completion bonus?  To keep him from leaving on his own???

Benford's contract must have been a thing of beauty.

Edited March 4, 2017 by DeepGreen

[greenjoe]

OK.  As I understand it, the contract expires April 30, 2017.  Find out which is cheaper; letting the contract run it's course with a "completion bonus" at the end, or firing him after the Marshall game and paying out the balance of the contract, that only has 56 days left to run. 

I have no idea what the bonus is but from what I've seen, I bet it's between $10,000-$20,000.  Enough to buy a bunch of suits.

GO MEN GREEN

[untjim1995]

Today is the final payout for firing RV...the long nightmare is officially over. Bumford can go back to being a recruiting guru at some Power school

[TreeFiddy]

Feels like Christmas Eve. 

[greenminer]

If it costs you 250K to end the contract early, and 250K is awarded for completing the contract, why not just bake the 250K into the initial salary and be rid of the extra fine print?

[Rudy]

1 hour ago, TreeFiddy said:

Feels like Christmas Eve. 

Yes, but are we getting the Red Ryder BBGun, or a football?

[TreeFiddy]

Oh boy, a Zeppelin!

[MeanGreenTexan]

4 hours ago, greenminer said:

If it costs you 250K to end the contract early, and 250K is awarded for completing the contract, why not just bake the 250K into the initial salary and be rid of the extra fine print?

Because: 

[EagleMBA]

 

[shootermcgavin44]

Conference USA Standings

TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
Middle Tennessee	17-1	27-4
Louisiana Tech	14-4	22-9
Old Dominion	12-6	19-11
UTEP	12-6	14-16
Rice	11-7	21-10
Marshall	10-8	17-14
UAB	9-9	16-15
Western Kentucky	9-9	15-16
UT San Antonio	8-10	13-18
Charlotte	7-11	13-16
Florida Atlantic	6-12	10-19
Southern Miss	6-12	9-21
Florida International	3-15	7-24
North Texas	2-16	8-22

 

Good thing we didn't fire Benford midseason, just think of how bad it would of been if we did......  

[UNT90]

I bet at least 2 weeks go by before any "decision" is made on Benford. 

Two full agonizing weeks.

Wren Baker will fail here because he doesn't understand the basic problems.

[outoftown]

6 hours ago, UNT90 said:

I bet at least 2 weeks go by before any "decision" is made on Benford. 

Two full agonizing weeks.

Wren Baker will fail here because he doesn't understand the basic problems.

I don't think it'll be two weeks, I think it will happen next week. But I agree that the silence on this topic from the AD right now is deafening and gets louder the longer it lasts. It has been way uncomfortably loud all season. It creates the impression that WB is afraid of voicing bad news, and if things like the TB experience repeat, then the impression becomes reality.

Edited March 5, 2017 by outoftown

[Wag Tag]

Wren "I would like to inform everybody that I will fire Benfired at 2:09 on the 15th!" In other words it is nobody's "F" business. Let us know when you HIRE a new coach!

[GreenMachine]

6 hours ago, UNT90 said:

I bet at least 2 weeks go by before any "decision" is made on Benford. 

Two full agonizing weeks.

Wren Baker will fail here because he doesn't understand the basic problems.

Why will it be agonizing? Read a book, go for a walk, or spank the monkey. Lots of things to do so you don't have to agonize over something you have absolutely no control over. 

Edited March 5, 2017 by GreenMachine

[UNT90]

5 minutes ago, GreenMachine said:

Why will it be agonizing? Read a book, go for a walk, or spank the monkey. Lots of things to do so you don't have to agonize over something you have absolutely no control over. 

I was speaking of those who care about UNT basketball, which don't include you or me...

[GreenMachine]

50 minutes ago, UNT90 said:

I was speaking of those who care about UNT basketball, which don't include you or me...

I care, I just chose not to get all worked up over things that are out of my control. 

[djohnnie]

5 minutes ago, GreenMachine said:

I care, I just chose not to get all worked up over things that are out of my control. 

Good call!

[greenminer]

So glad he's back. Now we can resume loading up 4 additional, useless pages of banter on every other thread, and a lock down has already happened!

 

just like the good ol days 

[UNT90]

4 hours ago, greenminer said:

So glad he's back. Now we can resume loading up 4 additional, useless pages of banter on every other thread, and a lock down has already happened!

 

just like the good ol days 

Go Frogs Basketball!!

[Greendylan]

I don't know where Wren Baker learned to evaluate, but Missouri just completed their own evaluation of Kim Anderson after ONLY THREE SEASONS! And they still have to play in the SEC tournament--those heartless, student-athlete hating miscreants!  Prepare for chaos, Show Me State!

[shootermcgavin44]

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/18830638/coach-kim-anderson-missouri-tigers-part-way

Seems like WB's former employer doesn't have any issues firing a coach before the season is over

2 minutes ago, Greendylan said:

I don't know where Wren Baker learned to evaluate, but Missouri just completed their own evaluation of Kim Anderson after ONLY THREE SEASONS! And they still have to play in the SEC tournament--those heartless, student-athlete hating miscreants!  Prepare for chaos, Show Me State!

Dang it, you beat me to it by 30 seconds!!

[UNT90]

18 minutes ago, shootermcgavin44 said:

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/18830638/coach-kim-anderson-missouri-tigers-part-way

Seems like WB's former employer doesn't have any issues firing a coach before the season is over

Missouri cares about men's basketball. Big difference between them and UNT.

Cant wait to the counter in this thread title hits -10. ???

Edited March 6, 2017 by UNT90

[MeanGreen_MBA]

25 minutes ago, UNT90 said:

Missouri cares about men's basketball. Big difference between them and UNT.

Cant wait to the counter in this thread title hits -10. ???

They did it because their biggest and smartest and best most loyal fan bought season tickets to TCU