Nets willing to offer Coach K a huge deal........

[cougjunkie]

reportedly between 12 and 15 million per season. That is unreal for a coach, even more than uncle Phil.

[SeattleUte]

reportedly between 12 and 15 million per season. That is unreal for a coach, even more than uncle Phil.

And the NBA is for all intents and purposes insolvent. The NBA is a refuge for stupid people who wind up billionaires.

[TripletDaddy]

That is serious f-you money. At 15M per season, you take that and run to the hills.

Coach K could always go back to Duke in 5 years.

[SeattleUte]

That is serious f-you money. At 15M per season, you take that and run to the hills.

Coach K could always go back to Duke in 5 years.

Agreed. He has to take it.

[falafel]

Am I the only one that thinks that there's no way he (or anyone else) can realistically succeed in NJ? I guess if you don't mind the hit to your reputation then them money would be nice.

[TripletDaddy]

Am I the only one that thinks that there's no way he (or anyone else) can realistically succeed in NJ? I guess if you don't mind the hit to your reputation then them money would be nice.

pitino, holtz, spurrier, pete carroll.......they all managed to survive the hit to their reputation.

[SeattleUte]

pitino, holtz, spurrier, pete carroll.......they all managed to survive the hit to their reputation.

K wins tonight and his reputation is secure.

You forgot Calipari.

[falafel]

pitino, holtz, spurrier, pete carroll.......they all managed to survive the hit to their reputation.

Yes, I was thinking of them (well, some of them). And with carroll, wasn't his reputation mostly built after the NFL? And I'm not sure Spurrier's reputation has remained after going to Washington and now with South Carolina.

It would seem none of the names you mentioned were able to get jobs at the same level as before they left, with the exception of Carroll.

[TripletDaddy]

K wins tonight and his reputation is secure.

You forgot Calipari.

His reputation is secure regardless of what happens tonight. At this point, he is simply adding to his legacy.

The notion of a hit to his reputation makes little sense when, in the same breath, you express doubt that anyone could have success in New Jersey, anyway.

Coach Cal is good example, thank you. Larry Brown is another example....the guy is a career vagabond and seems to be doing just fine for himself.

[TripletDaddy]

Coach K hates dynastic wealth, enjoys working for 15% of his market value

http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/C...ets-job-040510

[falafel]

Coach K hates dynastic wealth, enjoys working for 15% of his market value

http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/C...ets-job-040510

Interesting. I wonder if he's just trying to get the media off his back on the night of the biggest game of the year, and the biggest game of the last 5 years for Duke.

Maybe once the season's over he can start thinking about how much money that would be.

[TripletDaddy]

Interesting. I wonder if he's just trying to get the media off his back on the night of the biggest game of the year, and the biggest game of the last 5 years for Duke.

Maybe once the season's over he can start thinking about how much money that would be.

Definitely a part of it. Today would not be a great day to give a wishy-washy response to a question that will be asked again tomorrow, anyway.

I would say that a 5-yr contract would be reasonable for someone of Coach K's stature, esp since he can negotiate using the existing Duke job as leverage. As such, he would be looking at a $75M contract. He is making around 2M and small change at Duke. He would have to work more than 30 more years at Duke to make the same amount of money he could make in 5 years with the Nets.

This isn't about loyalty to Duke. This is about money. Pure and simple. You can't be sane and walk away from that much cash.

[CJF]

Definitely a part of it. Today would not be a great day to give a wishy-washy response to a question that will be asked again tomorrow, anyway.

I would say that a 5-yr contract would be reasonable for someone of Coach K's stature, esp since he can negotiate using the existing Duke job as leverage. As such, he would be looking at a $75M contract. He is making around 2M and small change at Duke. He would have to work more than 30 more years at Duke to make the same amount of money he could make in 5 years with the Nets.

This isn't about loyalty to Duke. This is about money. Pure and simple. You can't be sane and walk away from that much cash.

You're not factoring the cost of a soul. Working in Newark will surely suck your soul.

[ewth8tr]

You're not factoring the cost of a soul. Working in Newark will surely suck your soul.

No problem there, Coach K has no soul.

[HuskyFreeNorthwest]

Coach K hates dynastic wealth, enjoys working for 15% of his market value

http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/C...ets-job-040510

The thought "You can only water ski behind one yacht at a time" comes to mind here. I doubt that Coach K wants for anything, he is 63 years old what does he want to start over with the worst team in the NBA for? If wasn't interested in the Lakers job with Kobe, why would he want the Nets with Brook Lopez?