The Kessel, 19 November 1942 – 31 January 1943
One wonders why the head coach that was making 1.65 million plus incentives did not sacrifice some of his own pay.
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Maturi said Brewster, who received a five-year deal worth $1 million annually, offered to take less money to increase the allotment for his staff. Instead, Maturi added additional money to his initial pool for the assistants so Brewster could court veteran coordinators.
Maturi noted that Brewster's contract is not as lucrative as Mason's deal, which paid him $1.65 million last season.
"We feel this is the right thing to do," Maturi said. "It's not new money. The money is just being distributed differently."
Still, Maturi made a substantial financial commitment to Brewster's staff. The budget for eight of the nine assistants - Brewster is still in the process of hiring his final coach - is $1.3 million.
The school spent $1.16 million in salaries for Mason's nine assistants in 2006. More schools are offering multi-year contracts to attract and retain their coordinators, and Minnesota followed that model in hiring two proven coordinators.
Maximus,
1. I see you are a Joel Maturi apologist. I am a Glen Mason apologist. Therefore it is unlikely we will ever agree.
2. Yes, our Dear Leader (Joel Maturi, not Kim Jong-Il) did defecate more money for DCs, but only after he made sure Glen Mason was assassinated. How convenient. Joel’s ability to raise millions of dollars to extend contracts for people destined to be fired, and then to buy out the contracts of those terminated, borders on the miraculous. Isn’t it strange that he was able to conjure up big bucks out of thin air, but was unable to squat and defecate another $150,000 or $250,000 for a DC under Glen Mason?
3. So where did Joel get all this money? Would you give money to Joel if you were a wealthy U of M booster? I certainly would not. Who would give him this sort of money? The only reasonable explanation I can come up with is that the money came from those who most benefited by the botched terminations and subsequent horrible hiring decisions. They are the NFL / Vikings, NBA / Timberwolves, NHL / Wild, MLB / Twins, and WNBA / Lynx. I make no distinction between the aforementioned and organized crime. They are all beneficiaries and descendants of the organized crime empire Bugsy Siegel birthed in Las Vegas. Certainly the NFL / Vikings benefit the most from stumbly bumbly Golden Gopher Football teams.
4. The kindest thing I can say about Joel Maturi is that he is a Trojan Horse. The descendants / beneficiaries of the Bugsy Siegel dynasty could not possibly have scripted a more perfect “plant” to assume the AD position at the University of Minnesota for the purpose of sabotage. To them, Joel was and still is like manna from Heaven. To Minnesota alumni like me, Joel Maturi is the Third Reich equivalent of Herr Generalfeldmarschall Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst Paulus. Joel has led my beloved alma mater into The Kessel. We are now the preeminent and undisputed laughingstock of all NCAA Division 1A universities.
5. Thank you Joel. Now will you finally please take your millions of dollars, leave, and retire in South Bend? Ziggy Wilf will send you a gold watch in the mail.