CKK is more than likely…safe. (LVRJ)
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I assume anything is possible, especially since the local rags didn’t even bother to look into Krugers contract and there was actually another year added to the deal unbeknownst to ANYONE.
However if the 2.3 million figure is correct, there’s zero chance he’s getting canned. Ultimately he gets another season and we’ll go from there.
CKK is secure but not so sure his staff is.
Graney wants him back!!!
www.reviewjournal.com
Graney: UNLV should give Kruger fifth year to run program
Kevin Kruger has led a UNLV men’s basketball team beset by injuries this season and has held things together to win six of the past eight games.
www.reviewjournal.com
Of course he does! I thought Graney found something else to do but I guess not. 🤣Graney wants him back!!!
Graney: UNLV should give Kruger fifth year to run program
Kevin Kruger has led a UNLV men’s basketball team beset by injuries this season and has held things together to win six of the past eight games.
I’m going to start donating checks to Reno and sending the UNLV athletic department a picture every time
Now you're taking it to the extreme.
Please step away from the ledge, take a deep breath, and think about what you're saying.
The fact that Kruger’s son gets 2.3 million for this steaming pile of turd..
Hey you wanna put a friendly wager?
Kruger gets canned, you take for me lunch/dinner, if Kruger keeps his job..
I’ll show you my sex video..
Win/lose situation all around..
I hope the publisher is plugged in on this one.. I know none of us know for sure but Kevin has run his course here, he should be cut loose next Thursday morning!
It won't be Thursday morning... we're likely going to beat AFA and then we play in the 8:30 game Thursday night...so Friday morning
No it’s out there. I did it as a prank and put on a boxing website.Here you go! This is his sex video that was sent over by an unnamed source!
CKK is not going anywhere. UNLV does not have $2.3M for a buyout. Hell UNLV does not have any $$ for a buyout. The Athletic Dept. is deep in the red. Pay the slightest attention to the Board of Regent meetings (I know, painful) and you’ll find all you need to know. Unless a booster(s) steps up nothing is changing, which means nothing is changing. What you should be more concerned about is making sure the promises made in the football program are kept.
Many here still have hope of a firing next week!
There are those that say what you are saying and there are many more hoping you are dead wrong about the UNLV pocketbook situation… we shall see soon!
You don't understand how athletic departments work... they almost all operate in a deficit. The BOR can scream and yell about deficits but they don't have a say anymore on how athletic departments operate. They can grandstand in meetings all they want about finances in their meetings, but the current title 4 statute cedes direct control over institutions to university president's and athletics departments. If Harper wants to fire him, they'll find the money to do so.
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While I know there is a single story out about an extension and buyout, why would we believe that the buyout would be that huge for a lower level paid basketball coach? That is a football coach level buyout. I will wait and see what the truth really is, and take the RJ story with a grain of salt!
well we know ed graney still hasn't waivered. He would give Kruger a 10-year extension for whatever reason https://www.reviewjournal.com/sport...ive-kruger-fifth-year-to-run-program-3317227/
Because Harper thought Kevin would be an NCAA tournament coach and his Dad's connections would get him a job at a P4 school after 1 successful year. We would get a nice payday to hire next coach...
I would say that this lesson is 1 year too late, but in reality, it was 3 years too late. This approach every year has been a major limitation of our offense every year.
Even without a successful year, if the connections are right, you can elevate. See Otz.
Because CKK has 2 years left and his salary is 800k, meaning UNLV would be on the hook for at least 1.6 million.
Why 2.3 million? I’m assuming that Krugers agent and Harper agreed to tack on a penalty (if fired or poached before June) equivalent to a years salary in exchange for the extra year. Keep in mind the buyout goes both ways.
Lon has always been smart with contracts, so the fact there was an extension and significant buyout written in doesn’t surprise me at all with Kevin. All it says to me is that the Krugers heavily value security, ie monetary and long term residence. I really don’t believe Kevin wants to live anywhere else, he’s already got roots set here with kids and their grandparents around.
The 2.3 million dollar buyout really hamstrings Harper, I don’t believe he will make a move because that will put more pressure on Harper’s future here. I know he did great with Odom and Mullen, so there’s literally no incentive to blow through cash to make a change in basketball. The smart move is to just play this out another year. The available coaching pool isn’t that great this year.
Just keep him. Give him an office with a desk and a phone. ( locate in the baseball complex) Set a 40 hour week and require a detailed analysis of 5 different team defenses a week . Save $800, 000.
I like Harper a lot, but man, the buyouts have been bad.
Otz got bought out for a little over 3 mil. Basically the complete value of his contract.
Odom gets poached with a buyout of 3 mil, on a contract that had around 8 mil value left on it.
Mullen can get poached tomorrow for 6 mil with nearly 17.5 mil left on his contract.
But somehow CKK has a 2.3 mil buyout after 4 years with maybe 1.6 left in contract worth?
He did. But buyouts are buyouts. Poached or fired they are the same.
It is crazy that Otz got bought out after 3 years with middling results with 3 years left on a 1.2 mil contract, while Odom gets bought out for less with 4 years left on a contract that averaged 2 mil a year.
I dont think raising the funds is the problem. I think the boosters are upset they're being asked to foot a bill of 2.3 million rather than 700k they thought was the buyout or were led to believe at some point.... sounds like a power struggle between an AD who was hoping no one noticed his first action as acting AD was a dumb one, and boosters who want change but dont want to foot the bill.
After borrowing money from a friend, say 20 bucks, are you going to succeed in asking for 40 dollars right after that? Not likely. From the LVRJ article, sounds like the money people are frustrated with the lack of results given their financial support. I think they would be hesitant to pull the trigger on 2.35 million for an unknown situation (search).
The money is actually better spent on players NIL. 2.35 million buyout is crazy to me. The only real option is to wait until June and then promote Peery but then again I have not been impressed at all with this staff with recruiting and development.
They don’t want to foot the bill for an unknown situation. If Harper has someone elite lined up, that obviously changes the dynamics of the situation.
That being said. All signs point to the return of CKK returning one more season. New roster and probably new staff.
And in all likelihood a worse result. Who is he going to bring in on staff given everyone knows he's got 1 year and he's fired. What players are going to sign on knowing the coach isn't here long term? Yes, we will have ability to bring innplayers, there's always bodies to fill a roster in the portal, but look at this year's transfers and ask yourself, are we going to get better ones?
The basketball team will be lucky to win even 10 games next season if Kevin is retained. This entire roster will be gone, Kruger recruits like shit, and even worse is that he has no idea how to develop the players he has. Talk about a disaster if Kevin is really coming back.
I hate to say it, but if he were to come back, I expect you’re right. I don’t think it’d be 10 games, he’d win more than that, it’s easy to control that part of it, just play 8 really weak OOC teams and you are going to get 6 in conference as long as the team shows up on time for tipoff.
But, yeah, I see no logical reason to think it wouldn’t be “more of the same”. You don’t hit the ground running, there’s no excitement about this season, it was another dud, that carries over to next season, meanwhile, there’s no reason to think recruiting is strong, we’d get plug and play 5th year guys, some will be ok, but more times than that, they’re less than half their hype.
And that move stabs the blade a little bit further into the chest of the fans. Nobody wants to endure that type of season, this type of season, again. Kevin is a good guy, man, that would be tough. Heading into the season with even less support and the fans on the edge of their seats waiting for the first slip up so they can boo in unison, thought it might not be detectable on theMW stream because there aren’t many fans there.
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