January 4, 2009 · 12:37 PM

Mo’ money

Further evidence that assistant salaries in the SEC are gonna go through the roof in the near term:  Auburn hires running backs coach away from Oklahoma State to the tune of $400K per year.

Yep, that’s more than Georgia pays either of its coordinators.  Today.

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4 responses to “Mo’ money”

  1. Hobnail_Boot
    January 4, 2009 at 2:03 PM

    Oh boy. I’m still mad at Trooper for his antics after the 2004 UT game and before the 2005 UT game.

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  2. Senator Blutarsky
    January 4, 2009 at 2:08 PM

    Think about it: Auburn is able to outbid T. Boone Pickens.

    That’s some TV contract.

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  3. baltimore dawg
    January 4, 2009 at 2:28 PM

    “That’s some TV contract.”

    exactly. there’s going to be a massive adjustment to revenue in the sec. we can blame mike hamilton (or i can, anyway) for firing the first salvo, but this more robust salaries arms race was inevitable the moment the contract was inked.

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  4. Farsider
    January 4, 2009 at 6:13 PM

    Is it also possible that Tennessee and Auburn with much lower than average H/C salaries has more “cap space” to hire these big-name assistants? Not to mention the fact that Kiffin and Chizik need all the big-name assistance they can get ?

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