Forbes article on Shoop's value

[BoDawg.sixpack]

https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidc...ces-a-prove-it-season-this-fall/#128f23082c71

"Shoop’s Bulldogs ranked second nationally in scoring defense, while his salary tied for 49th among solo or primary Power Five defensive coordinators. In comparison, big names like LSU’s Dave Aranda (first in salary, 16th in scoring defense among Power Five teams), Texas A&M’s Mike Elko (fourth in salary, 21st in scoring defense) and Oregon’s Jim Leavitt (sixth in salary, 22nd in scoring defense) didn’t fare as well.I came up with an informal system of comparing value, subtracting a coordinator’s salary ranking from his team’s scoring defense ranking. Thus, a negative number is good and a positive number reflects poor value.
Shoop’s value rating was minus-47, easily the best among the Power Five defensive coordinators listed in the USA Today database. The closest defensive coordinators to that rating were Virginia’s Nick Howell at minus-36 (13th in scoring defense, tied for 49th in salary), Utah’s Morgan Scalley at minus-33 (11th in scoring defense, tied for 44th in salary) and Michigan State’s Mike Tressel (fifth in scoring defense, 34th in salary)."

 

[Go Budaw]

I seem to remember there being some weirdness with the way Shoop’s compensation is structured. I think he gets a lot of money still from his UT buyout, and some other money from the Foundation that isn’t reported. Long story short, I don’t think the Forbes article accounts for all his take home pay.

 

[ColoradoDawg]

Peter Sirmon is way higher on that list than you would think.

 

[kired]

Why is he on the list? He wasn't even a DC last season. And if he's really being paid $750,000 after being run off from two teams... I probably should apply for a job at Cal.

 

[HotMop]

I seem to remember there being some weirdness with the way Shoop’s compensation is structured. I think he gets a lot of money still from his UT buyout, and some other money from the Foundation that isn’t reported. Long story short, I don’t think the Forbes article accounts for all his take home pay.

From the article...
Place an asterisk beside Shoop’s 2018 salary, however. While it’s true that the Bulldogs got him at a massive discount last year, Shoop supplemented his Mississippi State salary with a $755,471 buyout payment from the University of Tennessee. That brought his total 2018 pay to nearly $1.16 million, a slight upgrade from the $1.15 million he was originally set to make each year in a three-year deal he signed at Tennessee in 2016.

 

[Go Budaw]

From the article...
Place an asterisk beside Shoop’s 2018 salary, however. While it’s true that the Bulldogs got him at a massive discount last year, Shoop supplemented his Mississippi State salary with a $755,471 buyout payment from the University of Tennessee. That brought his total 2018 pay to nearly $1.16 million, a slight upgrade from the $1.15 million he was originally set to make each year in a three-year deal he signed at Tennessee in 2016.

There ya go. We’d certainly be footing the entire bill gladly if the UT buyout situation wasn’t in play. But we got lucky and got to save a little money, because buyouts always go down or go away if the bought out coach finds the same compensation elsewhere.

 

[Crazy Cotton]

What would his rating have been the year before, when Tennessee ran him off after a 2 year stint because their defense was horrid (winners at life!) and everybody blamed Shoop? I thought he was an incredible value hire for Morehead at the time, and he showed what he's shown what he can do with elite talent. This year is gonna tell us if we're getting our money's worth. And thank baby Jesus one more time we didn't hire Jeremy Pruitt.

 

[Shadow34]

I am all in on Shoop. I think he does a great job of tailoring to his D's strengths instead of having one set system and sticking to it (see Peter Sirmon). He is very intelligent, and damn I love listening to his interviews. We need to keep him around, captain obvious, and keep recruiting beasts for him to develop.

 

[KentuckyDawg13]

Brian Baker factor not mentioned.