More Financial talk about our three candidates that Currie will ignore.
1. Adams original 2008 contract had a base salary of $160,000 which was then upgraded to $175,000 in 2010. lot of little bonuses were added that I don't care about.
http://media.kansas.com/smedia/2013/03/15/15/09/153kYf.So.80.pdfIf Adams were to be hired away from Wichita State, I would be comfortable paying her $250,000 (with $30,000 bonus for every NCAA tournament win)
2. If we were to hire an Assistant as the new head coach (Shalee Lehning), I would prefer $150,000 (with $30,000 bonus for every NCAA tournament win).
Would Shalee take the job for that? I bet she would. The true Women's basketball fans would be happy and ticket sales would go up based on name recognition and Deb Patterson Fatigue wearing off.
3. If we were to hire Geno Auriemma, I would be comfortable paying $2,000,000. I realize that it would be worth it in publicity to steal a hall of fame coach away from someone and we would recoup some of the cash in tickets and TV money. Essentially it would be an expensive but fantastic commercial for K-State.