All Things Fickell

[Rufus]

With CLF' s current situation I would think that positioning for a better contract here rather than bouncing is the better option. At least as things seem to be presently. If UC does happen to be included in the playoff scenario coach Fick will have accomplished something that was unthinkable in the past. And yet coming that close (if it occurs) would also show that winning a national championship could very well with a little more work be attainable as well. Imagine the prestige he could obtain just accomplishing the first let alone pulling out a championship here at UC. He could command any dollar amount from any school in the country at that point. If money is what your in the business for.

[coach]

Jimmy Sexton also represents Joe Burrow I think.

[Lobot]

He could be using it as a negotiating ploy for higher salaries for him and his staff. With NIL, there are some players that have higher earning potential than the lower portion of the coaches list.

I think this is more likely than him leaving right now.

[red_n_black_attack]

A couple interesting points in this article. 1. He likes Mike Bohn. 2. He’s hired an agent.

Mike Bohn is a likeable guy. Hiring an agent is simply good for Luke's long term interests. It's only speculation that the agent could help find a high 7 figure job, though it is also possible that Luke uses an agent to renegotiate his current deal given that he should be paid as a top-10 coach and isn't yet.

[London 'Cat]

I don’t worry about coaches leaving. As much as I like Fickell and his staff, UC has had tremendous success in identifying and hiring good coaches. And who can blame Fickell for advancing his career. If he has an opportunity to take job in a city he likes running an elite program, I would not fault him at all for seizing the opportunity. He could stay at UC forever and become a legendary coach in UC’s history but sometimes that is not enough.

[bearcatbret]

He could be using it as a negotiating ploy for higher salaries for him and his staff. With NIL, there are some players that have higher earning potential than the lower portion of the coaches list.

[Chewbacca2099]

Enjoy the season guys, sounds like it may be Luke's last. With all the seniors and others moving to the NFL it's a good logical time to change jobs for him. Here's hoping he is just vying for a big raise and we can pay him but unlikely we can compete in that department

[Lobot]

As far as I know, Luke has always worked as his own agent up until now. Jimmy Sexton is not just any agent either. He's solely responsible for for some of the astronomical coaching salaries in the USA Today chart. I would say that Fickell is counting on a big salary increase. Also, in that CBS article, the thing about Bohn comes a little out of left field during the course of the article. Kind of like someone wanted it included on purpose. Either that or Dennis Dodd asked him about USC and didn't mention that he did so and just threw the response in there. Struck me as weird.

[bearcatbret]

I read the agent thing as if Luke has always had the agent and it was nothing new.

[Lobot]

A couple interesting points in this article. 1. He likes Mike Bohn. 2. He’s hired an agent.

Rut Roh. I hope we're not reading too much into that

[steveedwards]

How learned lessons, blue-collar culture have Luke Fickell's Cincinnati charging into playoff picture

https://www.cbssports.com/college-fo...ayoff-picture/

A couple interesting points in this article. 1. He likes Mike Bohn. 2. He’s hired an agent.

[True Bearcat]

Its obscene and just plain wicked to pay a football coach $9,000,000.

I wish I was that football coach. When I coached at first it was volunteer, and then $3216 for the season came out to something like .12 cents an hour.

[Rufus]

Coach Fick coming in at #45 on the salary list this year. There are coaches and agents stealing money from some of these schools. David Shaw is the one I noticed first. He’s a good coach but not that good.

https://sports.usatoday.com/ncaa/sal...football/coach

Its obscene and just plain wicked to pay a football coach $9,000,000.

[GoBearcats31]

How learned lessons, blue-collar culture have Luke Fickell's Cincinnati charging into playoff picture

https://www.cbssports.com/college-fo...ayoff-picture/

[swilsonsp4]

Could you imagine the thunderous noise if TX A&M tried to fire Jimbo Fisher for cause? How did he merit a $95M+ buyout?