http://deadspin.com/infographic-is-your-states-highest-paid-employee-a-co-489635228

Well, at least New York does something right. I know we all come here in support of NY's flagship public university teams, but there's no way that a football, basketball or hockey coach should be the highest paid employee in a government. There are many others who do many more important things.

There first question in your that article blows that reasoning out of the water. Most if not all of these coaches salary come from the fact their respected programs make a lot of money. Their slaries are not paid for by the "tax payers."  By the law they are considered state employees because they are employed by the "state."
Also the Texas example they use it total BS. Mack Brown's coaching success cause Texas' football revenues to increase quite a bit.

It's also comparing apples and oranges.  I agree their are many other's that do greater things. Nurses do great things should we pay them 500k a year? How about teachers? Let's  triple their salary too. Then we have cops, and firefighters, a million a year each for them too?

Finally!

Also, call me crazy but UB can get 2K people to this game it would send a loud message to UB to have more games down here. If students go to this game when they are on break with their parents that would be a good chunk of seats. That plus alumni plus alumni visit NYC relatives it can be a BIG DEAL. Perhaps even potential students if they know about the event would attend. It's a great opportunity so lets see if the university is able to capitalize on it.

400 current students plus guest-800
500 alumni plus guest- 1000
100 alumni plus 2 guests- 200

2,000 seems really ambitious (getting 400 students on campus isn't always easy) but I know that I'd definitely like to buy my tickets as soon as they go on sale. Only problem is how many to buy.

It's Jay-Zs place and its hip and cool and in NYC, UB has a lot of students from the city. Let's hope they show off to all their friends that there school gets to play in the barcalys center.

To me this was a total money move, he gets a nice raise at Hofstra

Sure hope he makes enough more to make up for the difference between WNY and LI. Going to a better conference, but a better team?

Living on long island, and figuring that NU paid somewhere between 170k-250k  even at that salary it would be pretty easy living on long island.  Only thing that might take a hit is  houses down here are at least double for the same size.

Ok enough with all the big text blobs.

Why are we all talking about Reggie becoming their guy.  I think we all got the wrong UB guy pegged.  This job opening might be a much much better place for Turner Battle to get his licks as a head coach.

all looks good. All people from big time programs to a degree. Just wondering if his last hire is the one were all kinda hoping for.

It'll be interesting to see if Witherspoon gets an interview. Not that he'd be a shoe in for the job or anything, but I don't think Niagara is looking to break the bank on the next hire either.

I am thinking with all the connections Reggie has made by coaching those national teams, he will be finding a very very nice assistant coaching job somewhere.  He also might be a long shot for the Rutgers opening,  only because he will fit the image of what the new coach should be. You know a nice not abusive guy.

SUNY had beeen holding back SUNY for years. All SUNY needs to do is look to the state to our south, the states to the west and see how real state systems are run. When you hear Penn State, you know they are talking about Penn State and not Penn State- Erie. 

GO SOWNYAECBB

I'm peeved that the "official" UB station, 1230/102.9 The Breeze, has yet to offer any significant coverage of what ought to be considered major news.  I tried to listen on my TuneIn app to hear the Hurley presser and got the soft and breezy hits of the 80's and 90's.  C'mon, people.  Step up your game.

PTR

When they changed formats you knew crap like this was going to happen... UB needs another option on the Radio...

made me think of this

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/OMrdAr7fNjo" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/OMrdAr7fNjo</a>

With all that being said, you don't go after a figure head like Reggie without clearing it first. Politics are Politics

You make it sound like Reggie has a campus following like Joe Pa - in reality, you're talking about the head of a mediocre basketball program that most students and faculty don't really care about.

I know he is not Joe Pa. But Reggie is a nationally recordnized coach that gets asked to help coach national teams in world tourney's (USA U19 anyone?) Politics happen on any level. We also don't know how close Trilphai(sp?) and Reggie were. There is also a large amount of marketing and community based things with Reggie's face on them. We have to remember that Reggie was a coach but he also became part of the larger UB community. Him being fired had to be cleared at the top.

Reggie being involved in AAU has nothing to so with being a figurehead that would require clearing jack with the president. Marketing will change easy enough, and it's not like it was working anyway - how many students go to each game? 

I agree the firing was probably cleared at the top - I'm taking issue with the reasoning it was because he was some kind of figurehead.

Fair enought. I'll sum it up simple then. Politics are Politics.

When the president hired White it was with the agreement that White had the freedom to make the changes necessary to bring the program forward. While specifics weren't discussed, there was no need to receive approval for this decision. Budgets had already been agreed to and included this 'freedom'. Risks must be taken, otherwise you end up with consistent wins but not the big win.

With all that being said, you don't go after a figure head like Reggie without clearing it first. Politics are Politics

You make it sound like Reggie has a campus following like Joe Pa - in reality, you're talking about the head of a mediocre basketball program that most students and faculty don't really care about.

I know he is not Joe Pa. But Reggie is a nationally recordnized coach that gets asked to help coach national teams in world tourney's (USA U19 anyone?) Politics happen on any level. We also don't know how close Trilphai(sp?) and Reggie were. There is also a large amount of marketing and community based things with Reggie's face on them. We have to remember that Reggie was a coach but he also became part of the larger UB community. Him being fired had to be cleared at the top.

When the president hired White it was with the agreement that White had the freedom to make the changes necessary to bring the program forward. While specifics weren't discussed, there was no need to receive approval for this decision. Budgets had already been agreed to and included this 'freedom'. Risks must be taken, otherwise you end up with consistent wins but not the big win.

With all that being said, you don't go after a figure head like Reggie without clearing it first. Politics are Politics

It is VCU

I'm gonna say it several times.   There is a clear cut reason why White pulled the trigger next year, and not waiting for next years MACC or you go situation.

I have a feeling that White might have locked up a big name coach to come in for dirt cheap money. Just think if Bob Knight wanted to coach at a Mid-Major and White locked him up.  

I was shocked he wasn't given next year. Next year should of been Reggie bringing us to the promised land. No more well we got 20+ wins, goining to the ABC123s tourney, we tried our best.  White also could of been very very upfront with this. Its not like by then Reggie would of not known.  He had a player that makes us go "Battle who?"