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Cael Sanderson on Departure

Cael gives his side of the story on his blog

I guess what I do not understand is that if you love ISU so much, think that Jamie Pollard is a great AD, then why do you leave? He said he got less than a 10% pay increase from last year, it clearly isn't about money (if he's telling the truth).

Also, he talks about ISU having a good chance next year at winning the National Tournament. What he doesn't mention is how is he going to try to get as many of them to transfer to PSU as possible.

Something just doesn't feel right. Perhaps Cael is taking the high road in his blog, but I guess we'll never know the whole story. I get that the East Coast has better wrestlers, and that Penn State has better facilities, I really do, but you're Cael Sanderson. He was able to recruit nationally and all high school wrestlers know the name. If his goal is to win a championship, and the current team has the ability to do so, then it seems silly to leave.

If a school cannot keep it's most popular alum, the head coach of one of the teams in the nation, and paying more than any other coach in the sport, then what more can it really do?

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All about the money

This is definitely about money. Wrestling has consistently been a top performer, even coming close to national championships. A 10% raise relative to the team’s performance is a pittance, especially when you consider the bonuses a football coach could make for just reaching a bowl game. Keep in mind, Cael made much less relative to football and other sports, which aren’t doing that well.

Pollard is probably playing with an already stretched budget and might not have been in a position to up Sanderson’s salary.

For more perspective, if Cael would have fought in MMA, he could have probably made over three times his pay fighting just thrice a year. This is definitely about money.

by cyke on Apr 19, 2009 7:55 PM CDT reply actions  

Perhaps

Something to keep in mind though is that Cael supposedly didn’t give ISU a chance to counter. If a 10% raise is enough to bolt to another team without listening to your current one, then I think you were looking to leave anyways.

Also, Cael has his own Asics line, a sports drink, and runs camps. He probably ends up making over 250K per year with everything put together.

I just think I am sold that Cael wants to take the easier way out. It’s going to be easier to recruit East Coast talent to PSU than ISU (in his mind) and all he cares about is winning championships. He has an ego, and I am thinking he wants to prove himself as a coach. He wants to win NCAA titles and it obviously doesn’t matter too much to him which team he does it for.

by Mark Kieffer on Apr 19, 2009 10:21 PM CDT up reply actions  

Well, the good news is

Unlike football or basketball, we actually have a nationally competitive product to sell to a coach. We should be able to really get the cream of the crop. I believe our financial position is a bit tenuous, but we still should be able to afford someone at Cael’s former salary.

Comparing football coach salary to wrestling coach salary is ludicrous. Wrestling doesn’t make anyone any money. Football and basketball fund the rest of the athletic department. That said, it looks like our limited resources are going to improving those sports, at the possible cost of others.

I’m glad to see that Cael didn’t throw JP under the bus in his blog, even if he’s not telling the truth. I won’t lie, I’m a JP apologist. He’s done more for ISU athletics from a financial standpoint that anyone has ever done. He’s also pumped up the ‘pep’ parts of athletics, from the Capital One Mascot stuff to helping out the bands and cheer squads when they need it. It’s just a shame that the next thing to go wrong will probably cost him his job.

by TrueAndValiant on Apr 19, 2009 8:01 PM CDT reply actions  

Two Things

I agree our program will probably be alright. I just see NU and Mizzou on the upswing and I’m really not certain what our team will look like next year.

As far as Pollard goes, I agree with some of the financial stuff. What I will say is that he sold us on a lot. People are starting to get tired of paying up and that’s where he could get in trouble. When you’re the new guy, shaking things up, and making big hires, fans start to have expectations. If football and MBB do not improve drastically in the near future, money will dry up, and fans will become apathetic. No one wants to see that either.

by Mark Kieffer on Apr 19, 2009 10:24 PM CDT up reply actions  

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