UT announces new deal for Pearl

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But to stay somewhat on topic (sorry for my tangents), I think that a raise was not necessarily earned from this season alone, but from the whole four year tenure. Why not give him a raise?
 
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SamRebel35 said:
But to stay somewhat on topic (sorry for my tangents), I think that a raise was not necessarily earned from this season alone, but from the whole four year tenure. Why not give him a raise?
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He got his raise going into this past season. That was for all he had done in his first few seasons. It was a pretty significant raise...

Pearl was previously signed through 2013 and made $1.3 million last season. His new deal increases his salary to an average $2.3 million a year. It includes a $250,000 bonus and an upfront retention bonus of $1.5 million.
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TennTradition said:
Because that raise made him among the highest paid coaches in the nation already?
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The raise to 2.3 million? That put him at 3rd in the sec. I don't know where he ranked nationally, but I would say he is at least the 3rd best coach in the SEC.
 
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TennTradition said:
Because that raise made him among the highest paid coaches in the nation already?
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And how does that affect your life on a daily basis? Do you have a personal interest in Pearl getting paid as little as possible? The way I look at it, he's at a school that can afford to give him a raise (deserved or not), and had to do so in order to keep him. Good for Pearl, and Good for Rocky Top!
 
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SamRebel35 said:
And how does that affect your life on a daily basis? Do you have a personal interest in Pearl getting paid as little as possible? The way I look at it, he's at a school that can afford to give him a raise (deserved or not), and had to do so in order to keep him. Good for Pearl, and Good for Rocky Top!
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It's not good business.
 
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SamRebel35 said:
And how does that affect your life on a daily basis? Do you have a personal interest in Pearl getting paid as little as possible? The way I look at it, he's at a school that can afford to give him a raise (deserved or not), and had to do so in order to keep him. Good for Pearl, and Good for Rocky Top!
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I suspect the raise impacts his life exactly the same as the lack of a raise would have yours.

I don't know about TTs interest, but I don't like that the bar for a raise for our coach just got lowered to the results we just watched.
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BigPapaVol said:
I suspect the raise impacts his life exactly the same as the lack of a raise would have yours.

I don't know about TTs interest, but I don't like that the bar for a raise for our coach just got lowered to the results we just watched.
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I don't want to find ourselves in a position where sub-par, self-invented metrics (such as Fulmer's winning the 'East') automatically result in significant raises and extensions. It seemed like all Fulmer had to do was get through a season without getting fired to get an extension.
 
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SamRebel35 said:
Oh wait, was that a question or a remark?
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A remark that was one potential answer, posed with uncertainty (thus the question mark) that was intended to acknowledge multiple possible reasons as to why one would not give Pearl a raise this year.
 
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BigPapaVol said:
I suspect the raise impacts his life exactly the same as the lack of a raise would have yours.

I don't know about TTs interest, but I don't like that the bar for a raise for our coach just got lowered to the results we just watched.
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I understand that "the results that we just watched" were not really up to par, but the raise was the method to retain Pearl. I have to believe that the three out of four great seasons were the norm and the one bad season (keeping in mind that it wasn't terrible) out of four was the outlier. The raise was to ensure that we get the opportunity to reap the benefits of three out of four more seasons.
 
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