The new deal calls for McCaffery’s salary to be $2.23 this season.
Exactly... Again it shouldn't have been Fran having to answer that. To say he/they weren't hiding it is so disingenuous. Delaying the inevitable is more like it. If you know it's going to come out eventually then just announce it at the time and don't pull this shady stuff.So, basically nothing said about not announcing it. Shady AF!
Multiple opportunities to leave?!? Lol. No one was gonna pay $2.3 Mil for .500 ball. Give me a frickin break.
Agreed. NOBODY was looking to hire McCaffery away from Iowa. Nobody that would be considered a lateral or better program. New Mexico probably called, looking for another one of our cast offs.Multiple opportunities to leave?!? Lol. No one was gonna pay $2.3 Mil for .500 ball. Give me a frickin break.
Pretty shameful that they sent Fran out to answer questions. This isn't on Fran, IMO. It's on Barta and the Iowa media, since both seem to care about doing the bare minimum to draw a paycheck.
Is that an admission that you just don't care that much? Its fine if you aren't getting paid (or paid very little from HN) or don't consider yourself "traditional media" but after barking at fans on this site the last two days about the media not being soft, this comment seem like kind of a bad look for you.If you saw my paycheck, you'd understand.
I think you were fooled on the pitch. You were guessing at a fastball, and were way out ahead of the change up.Is that an admission that you just don't care that much? Its fine if you aren't getting paid (or paid very little from HN) or don't consider yourself "traditional media" but after barking at fans on this site the last two days about the media not being soft, this comment seem like kind of a bad look for you.
Is that an admission that you just don't care that much? Its fine if you aren't getting paid (or paid very little from HN) or don't consider yourself "traditional media" but after barking at fans on this site the last two days about the media not being soft, this comment seem like kind of a bad look for you.
Are you being sarcastic? I really can't tell. To me the statement says, we did an extension, its commensurate with the market (which I don't agree with), move on. They didn't address why it was done under the cover of night (meaning no press release). They didn't address why they denied a media request and forced it into a FOIA request. They cherry picked the parts that it isn't out of line (again disagree) and that it shows faith in Fran and ignored the negative aspects and sounds like didn't take any questions related to it.You can just sense the tension in those statements. They felt the heat this week and I don't think it is a coincidence we are finding out about this contract update now along with banning polls on message boards. They are in a damage control of sorts right now.
I don’t blame the media in this case. There is really no way they could have possibly known a contract was signed behind closed doors. This thing is really unprecedented. You actually could give the media credit for requesting the information in this case which likely was done because of how bad we were playing. If they didn’t uncover this who knows when we would have found out!Pretty shameful that they sent Fran out to answer questions. This isn't on Fran, IMO. It's on Barta and the Iowa media, since both seem to care about doing the bare minimum to draw a paycheck.