Show us the money Bucks!

[swoop42]

While it's fair to say just about everything and anything that can be said about our senior coach has been in his dedicated 2 part thread of over 190 pages long one thing I believe remains in question.

Should Buckley be prepared to take a not insignificant pay cut if he gets to remain as senior coach?

I do and I'll outline my reasons why.

1. Based on our teams performance during his tenure he can thank himself fortunate if he gets to remain in his job as very few coaches have under the same circumstance in the time of the top 8.
Given that many people in senior management positions would be on performance based contracts out in the real world I don't think it's unreasonable to suggest he take a cut in pay to reflect our side once again missing out on a finals opportunity.
I don't profess to know what the salary of Buckley is but something within the vicinity of $800,000 a year is most likely. I would suggest a pay cut of 25% or $200,000 be appropriate and leave him with a salary akin to the lowest paid senior coaches currently within AFL ranks.

2. It's very likely that for Buckley to remain then many of his current assistants will be removed, that staff in the area of recruitment or high performance might suffer the same fate or a demotion while Pert has already been let go. I don't feel it's appropriate that others will have to carry the burden of another failed season without Buckley at least sharing in the blame and being prepared to suffer some form of consequence like they did.
If for nothing else taking a pay cut would be an excellent act of goodwill from the coach and enamour him to his doubters.

3. Buckley this week in his press conference stated that he loved the club and wanted to see it succeed. He then went on to talk about doing what he needs to do to give us the best opportunity for sustained success. Well Bucks great sentiment now think about what an extra $200,000 can do within our football department and how it could be used towards extra recruiting personnel or specialised skills coaching within the area of development.

4. Adding a high profile director of coaching like Paul Roos or experienced senior assistant appointment like Brett Ratten might just be the tonic to save his career but it will be costly (especially Roos) and reduce the amount of money that can be used on other individuals or programs. Unless we're prepared to go outside the cap having a coach prepared to take $200,000 less will sure help offset the expense of an appointment purely designed to help him keep his job and see him be the best he can be.
Given that players are sometimes asked to play for less in order to add a high profile recruit that hopefully improves the side I don't believe it's unreasonable to ask the same of the coach at this present time.

[inxs88]

good call. Clarkson did this after he won the 2008 flag with the view of beefing up an extra assistant coach. Turned out ok

[Mugwump]

If he is the right guy, we should pay him what he's worth using other coaches pay as a benchmark. If he is not the right guy, anything we are paying him is too much. There should be some St and LT performance element to the deal, but I assume there is such a schedule currently, so he has probably taken a pay "cut" in recent years already.

[thebaldfacts]

Think that it is a fair call for Bucks to take a pay cut if he wants a new contract. Has probably been paid overs to date so a decrease in his base with incentives for the deeper he gets into September next year is more than fair.

Great suggestion Swoop.

[Pies4shaw]

C'mon, RB, he gets paid almost half as much as I do - and I'm expected to win for my money. A cut is plainly in order.