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WBB 26-27
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laxwyo
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This is the second score I’ve seen that’s been ugly. How bad is this team?
LanderPoke
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Potentially, the worst ever.
Wyolie Coyote
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fify
Bear Claw
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Oh, dear!
Surprising to me. What’s up with them, I really expected more from this team.
You have to recruit. And can't have good bench players transfer to CSU.
Everyone doubted why he left, etc., when we discussed this two January's ago. He saw the writing on the wall, to put it nicely.
OrediggerPoke
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It is probably safe to say that everything Legerski built with the women's basketball program is pretty much gone.
In other news, Heather Ezell's contract was extended in 2024 to run until April 30, 2029. She is guaranteed to collect all of the base salary:
April 10, 2024 – June 30, 2024 $237,408 (prorated)
July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025 $245,004
July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026 $255,000
July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027 $265,008
July 1, 2027 – June 30, 2028 $275,004
July 1, 2028 – April 30, 2029 $275,004 (prorated)
Thankfully, her contract (as opposed to Sawvel's insane contract) appears to be likely competently drafted, includes STANDARD offset language, and doesn't require a lump sum payment for her firing (i.e. payments are made annually and the liability is reduced by the monies she receives in future employment). So even if she was fired at the end of this year (and didn't seek a new job anywhere else), the most she would be owed from the University for future years appears to be a total of $550,008 .
Here is the provision:
"Excluding termination under Paragraph 12a. through 12e, if the Director of Athletics, with the concurrence of the President of the University, determine the best interests of the University would be served by terminating Employee’s appointment as Head Women’s Basketball Coach prior to the ending date of this Agreement, such termination may be effected immediately. The University’s liability for any damages or payments created by this appointment shall be limited to the sum of the remaining base salary including any base salary increases that may have occurred over the life of the Agreement to be paid annually, in a manner and method to be determined by the University. If Employee, after termination pursuant to this paragraph f, accepts another position in collegiate or professional athletics during the remainder of the Agreement, the amount of damages owed by University shall be limited to the difference between the base salary owed by the University pursuant to this Paragraph and the base salary earned through new employment. If the Employee’s new employment provides a greater base salary than the University base salary, the University’s obligation to pay shall cease immediately upon the Employee’s acceptance of the new position."
In other news, Heather Ezell's contract was extended in 2024 to run until April 30, 2029. She is guaranteed to collect all of the base salary:
April 10, 2024 – June 30, 2024 $237,408 (prorated)
July 1, 2024 – June 30, 2025 $245,004
July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2026 $255,000
July 1, 2026 – June 30, 2027 $265,008
July 1, 2027 – June 30, 2028 $275,004
July 1, 2028 – April 30, 2029 $275,004 (prorated)
Thankfully, her contract (as opposed to Sawvel's insane contract) appears to be likely competently drafted, includes STANDARD offset language, and doesn't require a lump sum payment for her firing (i.e. payments are made annually and the liability is reduced by the monies she receives in future employment). So even if she was fired at the end of this year (and didn't seek a new job anywhere else), the most she would be owed from the University for future years appears to be a total of $550,008 .
Here is the provision:
"Excluding termination under Paragraph 12a. through 12e, if the Director of Athletics, with the concurrence of the President of the University, determine the best interests of the University would be served by terminating Employee’s appointment as Head Women’s Basketball Coach prior to the ending date of this Agreement, such termination may be effected immediately. The University’s liability for any damages or payments created by this appointment shall be limited to the sum of the remaining base salary including any base salary increases that may have occurred over the life of the Agreement to be paid annually, in a manner and method to be determined by the University. If Employee, after termination pursuant to this paragraph f, accepts another position in collegiate or professional athletics during the remainder of the Agreement, the amount of damages owed by University shall be limited to the difference between the base salary owed by the University pursuant to this Paragraph and the base salary earned through new employment. If the Employee’s new employment provides a greater base salary than the University base salary, the University’s obligation to pay shall cease immediately upon the Employee’s acceptance of the new position."
WHAT IN THE LIVING HELL IS GOING ON BURMAN!!!!
OrediggerPoke
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This is actually a pretty typical contract from what I have seen. She is only entitled to base salary. In addition, tf the University fires her at the end of this year, she would have to take a two year vacation from athletics for the University to pay her the full $550,000 base salary reamining. That is often a career killer and so it doesn't seem likely.
Burman needs to be held accountable for Sawvel's contract! Why didn't Sawvel's contract have offset language like Ezell's contract, why did Sawvel's contract guarantee BOTH base salary and additional compensation (when almost all G6 contracts I located did not guarantee anything other than base salary at most), also why didn't Sawvel's contract have some sort of formula for reduced buyout on the base salary/total compensations based on remaining years consistently with the vast majority of G6 football head coaching contracts I've seen.
If anything, Ezell has a right to be angry that she was treated significantly different than Sawvel in her contractual provisions...despite the fact that they both had the same amount of previous head coaching experience before being offered the jobs. Does Wyoming treat women athletic coaches differently and less favorably than men? Or was this contract done this way because its women's basketball as opposed to football?
I do believe Burman has some explaining to do. But we will never get it.
Her contract and the VBB coach seemed to both be extended around the same time while both programs have diminishing results. I don't know if Burman was just in a 5 year extension train in 2024
OrediggerPoke
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Coach Prigge is doing an outstanding job with the volleyball team IMO. She finished 13-5 last year in the MWC.
No one expected the team to be very good this year with some of the losses but there is no quit in them and they currently sit at 7-8 in conference I believe. Good things to come.
Nitpicking here, but doesn't Sawvel's contract include an offset/mitigation clause?
OrediggerPoke
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It has one. But it does not mirror Ezell’s offset clause due to Sawvel’s “guaranteed compensation” that is not in Ezell’s contract. The language in Sawvel’s clause is actually a bit funky/ambiguous and up to interpretation (not the way I would draft something like that).
In reality, if Sawvel is fired and obtains another job, it’s unlikely to offset a very big percentage of the $1.25 million per year owed.
