EvilTroyAndAbed said:
RightRevBear said:
Alanin502 said:
Speaking of faith. Louisville has one of if not the leading Baptist Seminaries in the country (link provided). It's also a huge Catholic community. I think that's great about Scott Drew being a faithful man. He may stay in Waco but Louisville has a lot of plusses. The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (sbts.edu)
Saying Southern Seminary is one of the best is like saying Aggies aren't brainwashed. It is an opinion that is not based on fact.
Have we devolved to Seminary trash talk in a basketball thread? Goodness, you people are insufferable.
I agree it's odd, but it's something the UL troll brought up. People are just responding to him.
Drew isn't going to stay or leave because of a seminary. Money always will be the top priority. If Baylor was only paying him $1 million per year to coach, he wouldn't care about having the ability to pray before and after basketball games with his team. And at the same time, if Drew was perennially missing the tournament, Baylor fans wouldn't keep him around because he has faith. It's a mutually beneficial relationship currently, but at the end of the day it is just business for both sides. $8, $10, $12 million per year can fund a lot of mission trips if faith is really that important to you. I have no idea what numbers are being discussed, but I would think the offer would have to be at the top of the market to get Drew to even consider leaving Baylor (current highest paid coach is John Calipari at $8.5 million per year).
The biggest issue I see for him is longevity. UL might pay him pretty well for a few years, but their expectations are sky high. The Baylor build was not an overnight success and it may take 2-3 years to get UL back on track, even with someone like Drew as the head coach. Does UL have that much patience? Is 2-3 years of $8 million per year better than a guaranteed 10+ years of $5-6 million per year and being the face of Baylor for life? I suppose if he negotiates a guarantee of 5 years at $8-10 million per year with UL, that would be hard for him to turn down. The biggest issue he would have to worry about then is getting Brenda Tracy'd if he isn't winning after 2-3 years, which I could easily see UL trying to find cause if they aren't happy with the results on the basketball court.