We were paying Hill an awful lot of money, and although I believe DW is worth more than Hill, I don't think we should compromise our program with another 10 year contract. I love DW as a coach and recruiter, and they need to extend his present contract, but let's not talk Hill cash until we get to where we want to be instead of prefacing it with a huge contract. -- Fordham Rams Basketball Message Board

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Date Posted: Tue April 19, 2005 18:18:10
Author: Ram6it
Subject: We were paying Hill an awful lot of money, and although I believe DW is worth more than Hill, I don't think we should compromise our program with another 10 year contract. I love DW as a coach and recruiter, and they need to extend his present contract, but let's not talk Hill cash until we get to where we want to be instead of prefacing it with a huge contract.
In reply to: West Ram 's message, "In addition to the contract extension, they should bump up his salary to at least the level they were paying Hill if not bump it up 40-50K above what they paid Hill. He's bringing in what we want: good ballplayers who are also student athletes. Keep him happy to keep him!" on Tue April 19, 2005 17:03:36

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I wasn't suggesting a ten year extension. Just not cheaping out on the salary issue. (NT) -- West Ram, Tue April 19, 2005 18:55:36
- I agree that we should not cheap out, but let's not get into too much money before any of the achievements that I think are soon coming. I propose that the Hill money was given out on potential, let's now pay on achievement. (NT) -- Ram6it, Tue April 19, 2005 21:32:39
  - The problem with that strategy is that it can come back to haunt you. An AD needs to be ahead of the curve and make sure the coach has a strong contract BEFORE he is contacted by big schools when he achieves success. This puts us in a position to keep him instead of lose him by countering another offer with an even better package, instead of trying to make a quantum leap from an average salary to a very good one. Usually that's too little too late. We all know where the program is going under DW - let's get it done NOW! (NT) -- Rambacker, Tue April 19, 2005 21:46:50
    - My trepidation is with a long contract and not with DW as I have stated. I think we should extend his contract now, but let's not get into the scenario where we are blinded by our own glee. I say give the program atleast one more year before we start offerring the shirts off our back like we did with Bob Hill. At this point, has DW been contacted by a big school? Even if we do pay him a tidier sum now, will that ensure he won't leave if another school comes calling? These are a few things that an AD should also consider. If we continue to improve and have a strong A-10 season next year then by all means, get DW a fat contract, a parking spot right next to his office, and 2 weeks paid vacation because he will have proven that he is the real deal. (NT) -- Ram6it, Thu April 21, 2005 00:19:11
      - We are on our way to being successful. I think we all know that. Bigger schools will come after DW, we know that too. It's part of the college hoop scene. We need to be proactive and negotiate a very nice contract for DW now so that when the big boys come calling we don't have to make a quantum leap with his contract in one week in order to try to keep him. That would be reactive and generally doesn't work. We've got a special situation here - let's do everything we can to preserve it. (NT) -- Rambacker, Thu April 21, 2005 09:57:40

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