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New coach hired

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stymeman

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Seems like a good one
https://gowyo.com/news/2019/2/8/football-jay-niemann-joins-wyoming-coaching-staff.aspx
 
bullbugle307 said:
Sounds like he has more/better experience at DC than our current DC. That seems odd to me.
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Our current DC is a fit since he's already been here. This guy might have plans to go elsewhere after this year and we're a bit of a stop gap, in which case giving him the DC spot would put us in a weird spot.
 
https://www.nj.com/rutgersfootball/2019/02/change-of-plans-for-former-rutgers-defensive-coordinator-jay-niemann.html
 
I think your probably right about this being a short stay, but with his experience I'll be glad to have him around to mentor Dickert for however long he stays.
 
On paper he looks like a great hire. My concern is, why would a guy with that much experience settle for a step down position in a town like Laramie? Is there something else going on here?
 
ItSucksToBeACSURam said:
On paper he looks like a great hire. My concern is, why would a guy with that much experience settle for a step down position in a town like Laramie? Is there something else going on here?
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It was late in the process and rather than taking a job he didn't want at a higher salary he settled for a position coach job to likely move on next year. I don't know his contract but he was making $480,000 as a DC and was to be paid through June 30 according to the article. Due to offset language, he likely makes very similar money whether he takes a higher paying DC job that he doesn't really want long term or a linebackers job for a year.

From Wyoming's perspective, it is a home run. You bring in a guy with a lot of experience for one year to help bring the younger staff along. Because of his existing contract that runs through June 30, you likely don't have to pay much for him either.
 
OrediggerPoke said:
ItSucksToBeACSURam said:
On paper he looks like a great hire. My concern is, why would a guy with that much experience settle for a step down position in a town like Laramie? Is there something else going on here?
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It was late in the process and rather than taking a job he didn't want at a higher salary he settled for a position coach job to likely move on next year. I don't know his contract but he was making $480,000 as a DC and was to be paid through June 30 according to the article. Due to offset language, he likely makes very similar money whether he takes a higher paying DC job that he doesn't really want long term or a linebackers job for a year.

From Wyoming's perspective, it is a home run. You bring in a guy with a lot of experience for one year to help bring the younger staff along. Because of his existing contract that runs through June 30, you likely don't have to pay much for him either.
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Makes sense. Hope he works out!
 
OrediggerPoke said:
ItSucksToBeACSURam said:
On paper he looks like a great hire. My concern is, why would a guy with that much experience settle for a step down position in a town like Laramie? Is there something else going on here?
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It was late in the process and rather than taking a job he didn't want at a higher salary he settled for a position coach job to likely move on next year. I don't know his contract but he was making $480,000 as a DC and was to be paid through June 30 according to the article. Due to offset language, he likely makes very similar money whether he takes a higher paying DC job that he doesn't really want long term or a linebackers job for a year.

From Wyoming's perspective, it is a home run. You bring in a guy with a lot of experience for one year to help bring the younger staff along. Because of his existing contract that runs through June 30, you likely don't have to pay much for him either.
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Agree with everything you said. One point on the bolded. He is likely making about the same as the other position coaches are by UW (around $150,000) and then Rutgers is paying the balance of what he was owed with them for the next 5 months (~$27K/month). If you meant that we are getting a coordinator's mind for an assistant's price tag, then I totally agree.
 
As a side note, I'm hoping this means he sees our defensive unit as more or less a lock to be good this year, so having his name associated with Wyoming's defense is a solid career move.

Even though options are always limited this time of year, I'm sure there are plenty of schools who would've loved to give him a position coach spot.
 
WestWYOPoke said:
If you meant that we are getting a coordinator's mind for an assistant's price tag, then I totally agree.
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Yes, that is what I meant. He brings a $500k pedigree signed to a roughly $150k yearly contract cost to UW.
 
I guess people who said this would be a short stay for Niemann were right. I hope we might be getting better quality coaches because someone like that signed for us, even for a short time.
 
Wow. Easy come, Easy go. Seems to be the environment of coaching these days. Isn't that now 2 coaches that were hired and already left before the season?

We wonder why players aren't loyal, the coaching carousel doesn't set a good example.
 
Botheg said:
I guess people who said this would be a short stay for Niemann were right. I hope we might be getting better quality coaches because someone like that signed for us, even for a short time.
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The stars lined up on that hire (and then went away). Wyoming likely won't be signing many position coaches with significant P5 coordinator experience. It is the reality of the MWC and our coaching budget.
 
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