Breaking news -- UNT finalizing five-year deal with Eric Morris starting at $1.2 million annually

[UNTLifer]

6 hours ago, Green with Envy said:

Enough for us to have a Dir of HS Relations too?   Or is that something that only the 800 lb gorilla programs have? 

Would this be similar to Walerius’ position?

[TheReal_jayD]

3 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

Would this be similar to Walerius’ position?

Luke began as Recruiting director then moved to Chief of Staff

[UNTLifer]

3 minutes ago, TheReal_jayD said:

Luke began as Recruiting director then moved to Chief of Staff

Thanks. I guess what I meant is would this be a replacement for Luke and not necessarily a new position. 

[TheReal_jayD]

Just now, UNTLifer said:

Thanks. I guess what I meant is would this be a replacement for Luke and not necessarily a new position. 

I think they are going to be add Mulitiple postitions added. Luke Chief of Staff position has already been filled 

[UNTLifer]

28 minutes ago, TheReal_jayD said:

I think they are going to be add Mulitiple postitions added. Luke Chief of Staff position has already been filled 

True, it’s a utsa grad so he will probably need some assistance. 

[meangreenfaninno]

11 minutes ago, UNTLifer said:

True, it’s a utsa grad so he will probably need some assistance. 

We hired a UTSA grad?

[emmitt01]

1 hour ago, meangreenfaninno said:

We hired a UTSA grad?

It’s really quite a big deal.  This will be his first time on an actual college campus. 

[TheColonyEagle]

21 hours ago, MrAlien said:

Nothing is guaranteed in sports, why take less money if it was on the table?  I think this is UNT being cheap.  The idea that he would voluntarily take less money so that the school could pay assistant coaches more does not make much sense because most assistants only get 1 year contracts, and should any of them have success they will likely get poached by another school anyway.  

I’m confused. Are you saying that we could’ve had a different coach but we didn’t pay enough so we “settled” for Morris because he fit our budget? 
 

If Morris didn’t want to “take less money” he would’ve turned it down. I’m not following…..

[DeepGreen]

A nutsak grad will be working in our Athletic Dept.?  Seriously?  That's like storing US nuclear warhead info in a pack of Chinese tofu!

[UNT 90 Grad]

On 12/24/2022 at 8:19 PM, UNTLifer said:

True, it’s a utsa grad so he will probably need some assistance. 

 

On 12/24/2022 at 8:32 PM, meangreenfaninno said:

We hired a UTSA grad?

 

18 hours ago, DeepGreen said:

A nutsak grad will be working in our Athletic Dept.?  Seriously?  That's like storing US nuclear warhead info in a pack of Chinese tofu!

All right.  Who called this guy about the open position in the first place?  He certainly didn’t read about it.  

[ExADofficeIntern]

On 12/24/2022 at 1:45 PM, MrAlien said:

Nothing is guaranteed in sports, why take less money if it was on the table?  I think this is UNT being cheap.  The idea that he would voluntarily take less money so that the school could pay assistant coaches more does not make much sense because most assistants only get 1 year contracts, and should any of them have success they will likely get poached by another school anyway.  

I would like to think Morris is confident in his abilities that he is 1-betting on himself, and has seen our schools willingness to give pay bumps to successful coaches

On 12/24/2022 at 7:34 PM, TheReal_jayD said:

I am hearing we will be near a P5 level on off the field support when staff is complete

God im so glad and happy to hear this… 

[GrayEagle]

Don't forget, Morris salary is about $500,000 more than his previous contract and likely has incentives (number of games won, conference standing, etc) that could add more.

[Cr1028]

On 12/23/2022 at 12:14 PM, meanrob said:

Maybe he bet on himself by taking lower HC pay for higher assistant pay. 
 

Going to be an interesting offseason for the first time in a while. 

This exact same thing was said when Littrell was hired.

 

Edited December 27, 2022 by Cr1028

[Green with Envy]

I realize we’re only seeing a bullet point recap of the contract details and not the actual contract, but I did notice there was no ‘buy-out escalator’ clause mentioned like what SL had.    

Believe the previous had a clause that if hit 7 wins, buyout went to 100%.   That’s part of what put us in a pickle, IMHO.