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Crazy how all these smaller programs have better PG play than us, and more serviceable big men than Meah without NIL.
Spend the time to find the players. Basketball has quality players all over the place, across all conference & even divisions, to form a team to compete in the top half of the B1G.
- Fred was paid $4,000,000 for last season (reduced salary by Alberts to $3.5M then received a $500K bonus in March).
- Fred was paid $4,250,000 for this season.
- Fred will make $100,000 more each season after this thru the 2028-2029 season.
$4,250,000 puts him at #3 (Izzo, Underwood are 1-2) in the B1G head coach salary race, based on 2023-2024 reporting. USA Today usually updates it around this time of year so hopefully they did it again in the next week or two. Maybe the update will drop his ranking, we'll find out soon enough.
I'm just going to say it. Fred's offense sucks. Yes, he'll draw up a play or two during a game but overall, we ended this season no different than a Miles offense. Dance around the perimeter, and watch 1 guy go to work. And Loesner's defense has been exposed, with no counter to what teams did to us.
I fully expect Fred to be back for another season. And I couldn't care less, either way. For me, if he returns it's an NCAA tournament or bust for Fred in 2025-2026. He created his own roster problem & is responsible for fixing it, so spare me "we lost too much to overcome". We're paying him premium money.
Spend the time to find the players. Basketball has quality players all over the place, across all conference & even divisions, to form a team to compete in the top half of the B1G.
- Fred was paid $4,000,000 for last season (reduced salary by Alberts to $3.5M then received a $500K bonus in March).
- Fred was paid $4,250,000 for this season.
- Fred will make $100,000 more each season after this thru the 2028-2029 season.
$4,250,000 puts him at #3 (Izzo, Underwood are 1-2) in the B1G head coach salary race, based on 2023-2024 reporting. USA Today usually updates it around this time of year so hopefully they did it again in the next week or two. Maybe the update will drop his ranking, we'll find out soon enough.
I'm just going to say it. Fred's offense sucks. Yes, he'll draw up a play or two during a game but overall, we ended this season no different than a Miles offense. Dance around the perimeter, and watch 1 guy go to work. And Loesner's defense has been exposed, with no counter to what teams did to us.
I fully expect Fred to be back for another season. And I couldn't care less, either way. For me, if he returns it's an NCAA tournament or bust for Fred in 2025-2026. He created his own roster problem & is responsible for fixing it, so spare me "we lost too much to overcome". We're paying him premium money.
