That would be great!
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Please, just make it stop!
His buyout isnât some mystery⊠very much Open Public Records.
Edit: if heâs let go b4 Aug 1 2024, they will owe him aprox 400k . If after Aug 1st 2024, will go down to approx 320-325k. Not chump change w the lack of revenue that Baseball program is creating at the moment. If none of the prominent Baseball Donor Alums want to cough up the $$ or want him gone, he will be back.
No direct knowledge from anyone within UH but my guess he gets 2 yrs minimum to make dent in BIG12 landscape of College Baseball. Uncle Tilman canât bail out all the problems. N UH is hurting across the board w Athletics Revenue. Be that way for while until the bigger $$ start kicking in from BIG12 Payout. N by then it is my opinion that the Schools will be paying the Athletes in some way, not through NIL. Thatâs the direction things are headed to.
Out!
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Yes, heâs coming back because of the buyout. Itâs been decided.
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He sure didnât sound like he is concerned based on his dugout interviews in the three game series this weekend on espn+.
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Well if UH canât pay 300-400k to get a burned out horrible coach out then just shut down the program.
Its an embarrassment.
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Good info. They arenât paying $400k, or $325k, to get rid of CTW. The key time to change was either 2021 or last year when the contract expired. Being ranked #107 and third worst in the Big 12 isnât causing alarm bells with an administration concerned about money and the two âfront porchâ programs.
#127 Baylor made a switch and the current guy is bad in year two.
Fans made it seem like CTW didnât have a buyout.
After two bad seasons, Rayner Noble was fired with three years left on his contract. The buyout was up to $430,000.
After an incredibly horrible season followed by two bad seasons, Todd Whitting was given a three-year contract extension.
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I think its because some are still nostalgic of when UH was last successful, which ironically was Todd Whitting
Thank you for remembering this HH.
And what does 430K equate to now? ( and that was what? Conference USA, American?
So the 300-400K in 2024 should be considered nothingâŠ.this is the Big 12.
This is what we all wanted, gotta quit acting like we are small time.
The old saying âthere are two kinds of coaches, those that have been fired and those that will be firedâ.
All coaches know the deal.
High school coaches make a fraction of the money as college coaches and they know you are only as valuable as your last season.
TW is a big boyâŠ.heâs been robbing UH the last five years now.
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Whittingâs only success was that he successfully hired Frank Anderson.
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Within a year of Mack Rhoades coming to UH in 2010, he fired Penders, VB, golf and baseball coaches. Rhoades focuses on non-rev sports as well as front porch sports. Dickey was a bust at MBB. VB coach was a success but she left after two years at UH and has been HC at Cinci ever since. Dismuke hasnât returned UH to its former glory but heâs been at UH since his hiring. CTW had some success in the 2010s but none since Covid, or Frank Anderson as pitching coach.
Rhoades replaced the baseball coach at Baylor but the Bears are rated lower than UH. Maybe heâll make another change in the next year or two. He has kept a HOF coach in Scott Drew but let all time great WBB coach leave. Football better make a bowl or Mack possibly has his backup HC in place in Gary Patterson.
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Whittingâs buyout info in this article: UH head baseball coach signs new contract ahead of first Big 12 season - The Cougar (thedailycougar.com)
The relevant paragraph:
âIf Whitting is terminated before Aug. 1 2024, he will be owed 40% of his remaining base salary and 33% before the same date in 2025, paid monthly. In the final year of his contract, Whitting will be paid $100,000 or âan amount equal to the prorated Base Salary amount remaining,â whichever is less if terminated before Aug. 1, 2026. The head coach will also receive an incentive of $40,000 for every year he is retained.â
His base salary is $325,000. Before 8/1/24: $650,000 x 40% = $260,000. Drops to $214,000 on 8/1/24.
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Penders didnât get fired. He resigned after a tourney season.
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Lol
he has 3 yrs left after this season⊠signed 3 yr extension, he was already signed for 2024 campaign that is just completing. So 3 yrs @ 325k x 3 = 975k x 40% = 390k , after Aug 1st â 975k x 33% = 321k, etc. Easy peasy.
The previous contract expired after the 2023 season.
Whitting Extended Through 2023 - University of Houston Athletics (uhcougars.com)
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Thank you for clearing that up for usâŠ.i didnât think it was as high as another poster said it wasâŠâŠ
I remember being told there were some conditions that lowered it but was not sure what they were.
Let me go back at look at it again. But i looked at it from couple different media resources b4 I posted the info above. If what youâre saying is the case , that means starting Aug 2023 through Feb 2024 when 3 yr extension was offered & signed, he was w/o a Contract for the window of Aug 2023- Feb 2024, I donât see that happening.