Posted by Butch on 1/12/2008, 11:09 pm, in reply to "Re: Tomey already has housing"
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I believe it is usual practice for the AD to hire the football coach as well as all coaches in the athletic department.
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: The speculation on this is just amazing. One
: poster on another board worried that Bowen
: will leave for Hawaii after Tomey becomes
: head coach. Heck, maybe Hawaii will come in
: the middle of the night and dismantle the
: Koret Training Center for themselves.
:
: Rick and SJSDude are right, that at this
: time Tomey seems to be staying at SJSU. But
: in the world of college FB, stranger things
: have happened.
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: Do keep in mind that Tomey won't need to buy
: a
: house (check out those prices) in Hawaii
: since he already has one so salary may not
: be a dealbreaker.
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: --Previous Message--
: At this point, I fully expect Dick Tomey to
: be
: our head football coach for the next three
: seasons. He may have interest in the AD job
: at Hawaii, but he made it clear that it
: would take a "very, very compelling
: opportunity" to arise to make him leave
: SJSU. Herman Frazier made $250K a year,
: which is considerably less than Tomey
: currently makes as SJSU's head coach. I just
: don't see Hawaii wanting Tomey's services
: bad enough to double the AD positions salary
: just to make it "very, very
: compelling". It's been reported that
: their first choice is Tom Donovan, the
: director of the Hawaii Bowl. He has strong
: ties to the Hawaii business community, and
: that is where they need to focus their
: efforts (ie fundrasiing for the athletics
: programs). I believe that Hawaii will figure
: they've got the football aspect covered if
: they hire Greg McMackin as their new head
: coach, and cover the fundraising issue with
: Donovan as the AD (at a much smaller salary
: than it would take to convince Tomey to
: leave SJSU).
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