This according to Cameron Drummond of Kentucky Sports amongst others.
Kyra Elzy owed 2.475 million due to contract extension signed in 2022
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Most folks would like to be given 2.475 mil to go away.
I'd go away for a lot less than that.
Lol this contract is obscene. What on earth did she do to warrant such a contract? Absolutely nothing, on the court at least.
She had a good first season (probably with Mitchell's players), then an unexpected SEC tournament championship in her second season. Then it went in the trash can in the next two seasons. Her contract was probably based on the first two seasons.
247,500 seems like a more appropriate salary for a coach of a sport that no one cares about.
Good job Mitch one fluke run and it cost us 3 million. That’s 3 years of Men’s recruiting budget.
But the pay gap! Even though her job brings in zero revenue lol.
It still amazes me that sucking at the one thing you’re hired to do…win….is not termination with cause. What an upper hand coaches created.
I imagine Elzy will get an assistant job somewhere and that number will be cut to about 500k/year over the next 3 years for the buyout.
I imagine Elzy will get an assistant job somewhere and that number will be cut to about 500k/year over the next 3 years for the buyout.
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It’s insane, besides being a CEO I can’t think of any other position outside coaches that get paid huge money to go away.
baby mommas or unwanted ex wives
I guess that’s a “position” sometimes at least.
I don't really follow it, but I seem to remember basically everyone leaving very early on which resulted in immense struggles then that surprise tournament run.
If that's so, I get the extension. That part is fine. I don't get overpaying by at least twice when the coach must recognize they were a miracle run away from being unemployed.
So imo the contract is still obscenely bad. Mitch just strikes me as someone who doesn't understand how to use leverage. When he has it, it's like he doesn't know. When he doesn't, he's basically hat in hand.
Barney needs to be fired for that contract.
You realize that the board of trustees has to approve these contracts, right?
Mitch couldn’t get a contract right for Dumb and Dumber or the Three Stooges 💯
He raise when she signed the extension was about $150k...not totally outrageous. The biggest screw up was the 100% buyout when fired without cause. I think he probably could have done 50% or so and owed about a million less at buyout time.
But the BoT also respects Mitch and his oversite of the athletic department. Contracts fall squarely on the AD imo.
Could you imagine Mitch as a financial advisor? It must be so easy to waste the money of others ... mindlessly rolling the dice and still get paid to do it ... it must be a UK thing.
Very true. Give her 1 dollar to hang on her wall as the last dollar UK will ever give her.
I agree. But that’s not what Murica market wants.
There’s a reason sports makes and uses so much money.
Its a give away program i guess...i mean he could have looked at her and asked where else she was going to go and refuse to pay the money. If she found somewhere, oh well. No one was gonna raise hell about her leaving even after managing to piece together one run.
Barnhart has no damn clue how to run an Athletic Dept.
Elzy shouldn't have ever been hired.
Elzy shouldn't have ever been hired.
Man, how much money has Mitch cost UK with these silly contracts on their coaches? Nobody else was coming after Elzy. Joker was a first time coach so pay him the bare minimum. Nobody wants Stoops but we have him extended until like 2030. The insane contract to Cal. Had to fire Joker, BCG, Elzy, Gary Henderson so buyouts for all of them.
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