Talking Points: Bucks for Everybody!
by Joel Hollingsworth on Jun 24, 2011 8:28 AM EDT
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PrintHarris gets the Bucks. Tobias Harris was selected by the Charlotte Bobcats as the 19th overall player in last night's NBA Draft and immediately traded to the Milwaukee Bucks. He'll make somewhere between 80% and 120% of $1,218,700 due to some quirky NBA rules. Reactions from SB Nation's Bucks blog Brew Hoop were mixed, but the front pagers, in a post on the current state of the team, take some comfort in the endorsements of the scouts. Check out the SB Nation NBA Draft storystream for more on the draft. Scotty Hopson will pursue opportunities as a free agent.
Dooley's guys, too. Derek Dooley's assistants are getting some hefty raises. Jim Chaney and Justin Wilcox are both getting $100k bumps, which moves Chaney to $525k and Wilcox to $700k. Several of the staff have been targeted by other programs or NFL teams, including Chaney, Wilcox, Eric Russell, and Charlie Baggett. Russell and Terry Joseph each received $50k increases, and the largest increase went to Harry Hiestand, who jumped from $200k to $475k, but that was due to a contractual transition from Hiestand's time with the Chicago Bears. After all of that, Alabama's Nick Saban still makes more himself than Tennessee's entire staff combined. Nice.
Aaaand let's add Greg Bergeron to the party. UT Sports has a video interview with new head baseball coach Dave Serrano, who just hired Greg Bergeron. Bergeron has been Serrano's right-hand man for some time, and Serrano loves the guys:
"Greg has been a huge part of any success that I have had over the last seven years as a head coach at both UC Irvine and Cal State Fullerton, and I don’t expect that to change at Tennessee," Serrano said in a university statement. "He is one of the best offensive strategists in college baseball and has done a fabulous job of developing infielders into first-round picks and gritty, grinding players."
Ainge hangs it up. Erik Ainge is retiring from the NFL:
"One of the things I've been working on in my recovery is acceptance, and to be honest, I need to accept that I want to be able to play baseball with my kids when I'm 35. I don't want to be limping the rest of my life. As much as I love football, and I really love football, I don't know if in the immediate future, I'm going to be able to do it with everything that's wrong with my body. I just think it's time."
Best of luck to Ainge.
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Harris was traded from a city close to Tennessee, with the largest ut alumni group in the country, to the bucks. Dang. I wish him all the best tho, his work ethic will take him far.
Neyland Stadium-It goes to eleven.
I feel the same way
I was really hoping that Charlotte would take him…. they do and then trade him! Although I don’t know if I’d wish that on Harris, and I expect nothing less from the Bobcats. That Bismack guy is going to go the way of Hasheem Thabeet. They suck.
As for Hopson…. he needs new “advisors”. It was a huge mistake to leave this year, especially when you’re definitely not going in the first round, and there is a lockout looming. Whoever he listens to is an idiot.
to be fair
the trade happened before he was picked, not afterwards. But still, I thought he’d be in Charlotte too for a second. That would’ve been kinda awesome.
Heel for school, Vol for life!
Go Bolts! Out West, go Preds! Southern hockey solidarity!
by Incipient_Senescence on Jun 24, 2011 9:51 AM EDT up reply actions
Wouldn't be much better for Hopson next year
Given the state of the team and the expectation of a loaded draft next year compared to this year, this actually might have been the best chance for Scotty to make the league…alas he didn’t. Everything I’ve heard about Cuonzo seems that Scotty would have come out next year with better fundementals and toughness and he would have a degree or closer to one anyways.
Don’t know how much his lack of year over year development and toughness was a function of coaching or on him. Good kid, hope he makes it eventually. Maybe this is what he needs to light a fire somewhere in him.
the fact they are headed to a lockout is what should have kept him in school
I don’t think his stock would have gone up much, but look where he’s at now.
by golfballs03 on Jun 24, 2011 12:22 PM EDT up reply actions
ummmm
Erik Ainge held a clipboard for a living. I think Ainge saw what was coming… wanted to quit before he got fired.
Running the practice squad
is not exactly easy on the body. The Jets have Sanchez in the no contact jersey while Ainge has to imitate the next opposing quarterback while the defensive linemen are trying to see how hard they can drive him into the ground.
Clay Travis says Saban's worth a lot more than he makes
After all of that, Alabama’s Nick Saban still makes more himself than Tennessee’s entire staff combined. Nice.
And I’m pretty sure he’s right.
Lou Brock loves Lamp.
Bama love!
Motion for temporary ban!
by GhostDance on Jun 24, 2011 3:21 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I don't love Bama at all
Do you disagree with Saban being worth more than he is paid? Look at what he has done there.
Lou Brock loves Lamp.
Almost went sub .500 in his first year, got beat by Louisiana Monroe, and was a Daniel Lincoln fiasco away from blowing a National Championship. He is a phenomenal defensive coach, especially the back seven, but he has typically walked into pretty full depth charts, no?
If you feel this way about Satan…what are your thoughts on Chizik and his “success”?
by GhostDance on Jun 24, 2011 7:13 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
Feel vaguely trollish posting this here, but really? Walked into a loaded depth chart where? I have never really gotten the Saban hate, even before he came to Alabama. With that said, (and this applies to any coach), hating someone, well that is personal and it happens. Hating someone and ignoring what they have done is silly, especially when they have a long term track record.
"Be polite to everyone you meet, but be prepared to kill anyone"-tc16cav
by otisnixon'sparty on Jun 25, 2011 2:31 AM EDT up reply actions
Don’t hate Satan, just Alabama. Like I said, in the football world, Satan is renowned for his defensive prowess. If John Majors and John Ward began working at Alabama, they would earn automatic hatred from me…no questions asked.
However, I still think one of you guys should answer why not the talk of Chizik being underpaid? Has he not done the same thing…almost? I mean…it was almost tougher for him. Auburn plays second fiddle in their own state.
I dislike the fact that the under30 crowd doesn’t appreciate the arrogance of Alabama. Satan, underpaid? How much is a national title worth?
by GhostDance on Jun 25, 2011 7:21 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions
I dont know what defines "one of you guys" nor why I am supposed to answer for Gene Chizik’s salary. If you really think Saban and Chizik’s body of work as a whole are in the same league, well not much to say there. I assume from the hours of your post and the disjointedness of them, that you are shall we say enjoying your weekend. Not to say that as an insult. If you just feel like a little hate and raggin, I salute you, and go for it. I was just sayin your statements are almost beyond hyperbole. But its all fun and games. What else to do for 3 months, right?
"Be polite to everyone you meet, but be prepared to kill anyone"-tc16cav
by otisnixon'sparty on Jun 25, 2011 8:15 AM EDT up reply actions
People are paid on their resumes,
and if you think Chizick has the resume of Saban…
Beyond that, if you think Auburn has the funds of Alabama….
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That's (333333jorkland)^2 and $$$$$$$$immons to you, chump.
If you ask any athletic director in the country right now
If they’d pay that much money for 1 National Championship, 2 BCS Bowl appearances, in four years, they’d do it in an instant. He’s been worth every dime Alabama has paid him.
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That's (333333jorkland)^2 and $$$$$$$$immons to you, chump.
Clay Travis says Saban’s worth a lot more than he makes.
After all of that, Alabama’s Nick Saban still makes more himself than Tennessee’s entire staff combined. Nice.
And I’m pretty sure he’s right.
Clay Travis also points out that Nick Saban makes less annually than “The Situation” (from Jersey Shore) does.
"People who say that violence is not the answer are not applying the correct amount of violence." -- blanx73
I dont know what defines “one of you guys” nor why I am supposed to answer for Gene Chizik’s salary. If you really think Saban and Chizik’s body of work as a whole are in the same league, well not much to say there. I assume from the hours of your post and the disjointedness of them, that you are shall we say enjoying your weekend. Not to say that as an insult. If you just feel like a little hate and raggin, I salute you, and go for it. I was just sayin your statements are almost beyond hyperbole. But its all fun and games. What else to do for 3 months, right?
"Be polite to everyone you meet, but be prepared to kill anyone"-tc16cav
by otisnixon'sparty on Jun 25, 2011 8:14 AM EDT reply actions
Nice!
Personal attack? Thought we were beyond that here at RTT…no? I’m just saying, hyperbolically I reckon, that Saban won big at LSU and Alabama, had some measure of success at MSU, and failed miserably in the NFL. SO…let me ask you, then…how much should Nick Saban be paid? If he is worth more than what he makes…which is the upper tier of University executives in this nation…what should he make?
If you are, indeed, judging the entire body o’ work…then why overlook Saban’s shortcomings? Gene Chizik’s only real test has been at Auburn, and he has won big.
Oh…and some of us work on the weekends…not everybody here is white collar.
Was not personally attacking you, was being light hearted. I will refrain from further debate and just agree to disagree.
"Be polite to everyone you meet, but be prepared to kill anyone"-tc16cav
by otisnixon'sparty on Jun 26, 2011 1:55 AM EDT up reply actions
I'm not sure many people besides Nick Saban Agent
Thinks he should be paid more, but to say he’s not worth every penny he is paid, so far, is wildly hilarious. You can dislike that he gets paid so much, I certainly wish the era of the “mercenary coach” was gone, but… It’s not, and it won’t be.
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That's (333333jorkland)^2 and $$$$$$$$immons to you, chump.
The only difference between now and any other era, is the disparity in salary. It used to be the top 20 or more jobs in the country paid around the same. No more. I would never get in a dispute over something as subjective as whether Saban deserves what he has paid, especially in a vacuum. Even the normal hate I wouldnt comment on, even though I think some of it is overblown and unfair. But I couldnt stop myself from putting up something after some of the above lol, my self control broke down. It being Saban and me being a Bammer is only a small part of it. When I see something that reaches a certain level of illogicalness, I just have to chime in.
"Be polite to everyone you meet, but be prepared to kill anyone"-tc16cav
by otisnixon'sparty on Jun 26, 2011 11:08 AM EDT up reply actions
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