My apologies LITS, I incorrectly identified that quote to you instead of Luigi.
Whether USNA simply generates more revenue (possible) or simply uses more of it to pay there football coach (also likely) than USAFA and USMA, I couldn't tell you. But it's not as if our tax dollars are directly paying for his salary, so I do not believe that is as big of an issue as you are making it out to be.
Just for the record, as a Navy football fan I am just as concerned about the actions of the football team as you all are, and I believe that if they continue it would not at all be unreasonable to consider getting new leadership in the football program.
My apologies LITS, I incorrectly identified that quote to you instead of Luigi.
I will keep saying, the question that should be asked right now is why that coach is still the coach.
Naval Academy head coach Ken Niumatalolo earns $1.6 million
Air Force head coach Troy Calhoun earns $882,000
Army head coach Rich Ellerson makes $600,000
The coaches are not federal employees. They are paid through privately funded athletic associations
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel makes roughly $200,000
Itsa me, Mario.
Heyyyyyy......wait a minute! I'M Mario!
JMS,
I am with you on that principle. If anyone needs to be held accountable, it should be the chain of command more than Coach N.
It seems like everytime there is a MIDN/cadet incident involving Division I sports, folks on this forum always fault the coach or the fact that an SA has a Division I program.
JMS,
I am with you on that principle. If anyone needs to be held accountable, it should be the chain of command more than Coach N.
It seems like everytime there is a MIDN/cadet incident involving Division I sports, folks on this forum always fault the coach or the fact that an SA has a Division I program.
How much time do these midshipmen spend with the coach in a day? A Week? A year? An academy career?
A coach is not a simple 3rd party, and a number of these football players, who didn't qualify to enter the Naval Academy on their own, without passing through NAPS compliments of football.... no, the coach has some part in this.
Question: since the coaches are not paid staff of the academy, is it fair to assume they are not responsible to the Academy staff or for for enforcing the rules/codes of conduct/ etc that an ordinary staff member (such as a professor) would be expected to enforce?
Question: since the coaches are not paid staff of the academy, is it fair to assume they are not responsible to the Academy staff or for for enforcing the rules/codes of conduct/ etc that an ordinary staff member (such as a professor) would be expected to enforce?
I find it quite amazing on here how everyone wants to point fingers at Division I sports and coaches, yet not focus the attention on the military chain of command, after all it is THEIR responsibility for the conduct of MIDN -- regardless if it is the TOP DI athlete or the last in the class.
Does the coach have SOME responsibility? Yes....but I think the burden should fall more on the chain of command (especially since some are really concerned about their tax dollars).
"We have kids who embrace the components of the military that they learn here -- discipline, toughness, integrity," Niumatalolo said. "We have to really play into those intangibles and accentuate those because we feel like the sum total of all those intangibles may be able to help us overcome some of the physical deficiencies as we play bigger teams."