Virg Foss reminded us recently in a column on Blais that a great coach can take his team and beat my team and then can take my team and beat his team. A great coach makes key calls at strategic moments that win games. He doesn't choke. Jerry York does that. Gwoz does that. Blais does that. Lucia doesn't do that. I have seen Hakstol choke in the most key moments in several strategic games. Maybe with a little, not a lot, more experience Hak will make the right call at those defining moments and win the must win games at tourney time. We do have to give him more time. But fairly soon, with the talent the Sioux have, they need to win it all. Blais got us used to national championships a least once a decade. That is not unreasonable to expect with our program.
Back to the compensation issue. One of you told me that Hakstol makes about $265,000 per year, including deferrd comp, (and gets an additional bonus if he wins it all). How does Hak's comp package compare to the compensation of guys like Jerry York and Gwozdecki and Red Berenson and Lucia? Does anyone know that?
