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UNM's Rocky Long gets a RAISE and a NEW CONTRACT!

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http://www.abqjournal.com/sports/1911262sports08-19-08.htm

Tuesday, August 19, 2008

Rocky's Deal To Be in Top Half of MWC

By Greg Archuleta

Journal Staff Writer

Rocky Long's University of New Mexico football teams have finished in the top half of the Mountain West Conference every year since 2001.

Seven years later, he finally will receive compensation that reflects his performance.

UNM has called a news conference today to announce Long's new contract. It is believed to be a five-year deal in the neighborhood of $750,000 per year, which would make him the third or fourth highest paid coach in the league.

Conflicting published reports put new Colorado State coach Steve Fairchild's salary at either $800,000 (which would make him third) or $700,000 (fifth) annually. San Diego State's Chuck Long makes $717,000.

Rocky Long's contract is believed to be more than that but less than $800,000.

Long was making $440,000 per year, which ranked eighth in the MWC.

NEW LOBO ORDER

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Gets the bump before the season, Yikes!

Are the Lobo's getting ahead of themselves?

What we don't know is what type of buy-out structure is included in the contract.

It's not like they are throwing the bank at him, just paying the market rate. If (when?) Wyoming has to fire Joe Glenn, the UW administration has to be prepared to pay in this neighborhood for a new coach (Glenn is around 550-600k now).

The thing about Long is that he is not an unknown in any way at this point. They can be reasonably certain that the program will not tank under his watch. While they may not reach the conference championship level (I think they could), the downside risk is pretty minimal. I think the risky extensions are those given after 1 or 2 good seasons. UNM has been very consistent and the risk is small IMHO.

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Gets the bump before the season, Yikes!

Are the Lobo's getting ahead of themselves?

Listen....as a LOBO fan I am as disappointed as anyone that we haven't won a MWC title or been to a luxourius bowl game.

However....all this article and news is saying is Rocky will be compensated for being consistently in the top half of the MWC for over 7 years now.

Let's face it...he is NOT gonna be making more than BYU's BroncoMendehall, TCU's Gary Patterson or Utah's Kyle Whittingham.....nor should he just yet........but I would think the football savy fans here would realize that he deserves more compensation that he was getting in the past. Certainly he deserves to be paid more than SDSU's, UNLVs, and CSU's so-called football teams. For goodness sakes he was ranked 8th in the MWC according to salary reports in prior years.

Instead of being the scavengers that we have been in the past..........With better budgets and better facilities....it is my hope that as an administration UNM is buying the groceries needed to become a top tiered program.

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Listen....as a LOBO fan I am as disappointed as anyone that we haven't won a MWC title or been to a luxourius bowl game.

However....all this article and news is saying is Rocky will be compensated for being consistently in the top half of the MWC for over 7 years now.

Let's face it...he is NOT gonna be making more than BYU's BroncoMendehall, TCU's Gary Patterson or Utah's Kyle Whittingham.....nor should he just yet........but I would think the football savy fans here would realize that he deserves more compensation that he was getting in the past. Certainly he deserves to be paid more than SDSU's, UNLVs, and CSU's so-called football teams. For goodness sakes he was ranked 8th in the MWC according to salary reports in prior years.

Instead of being the scavengers that we have been in the past..........With better budgets and better facilities....it is my hope that as an administration UNM is buying the groceries needed to become a top tiered program.

RL deserved that raise a few years ago IMO. Solid. Would be good to see the coordinators get a lift as well, maybe less turnover. Lately, I think that has been your biggest issue on offense.

Nothing to really say here.....except GO MWC!!

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As a Lobo fan I will echo SpanaBaller's sentiments. Rocky has definitely earned his salary increase and deserves to be paid in the top half of coaches in the MWC. We do want Rocky to win a conference championship but stability at head coach (and hopefully at Offensive Coordinator) for years to come should go along way to propelling an eventually conference championship.

There will be no talk about Rocky's contract or Rocky being on the hot seat this year, so that will be a positive. Hopefully this team will play without pressure and fly under the radar enough to surprise some people this year.

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As a Lobo fan I will echo SpanaBaller's sentiments. Rocky has definitely earned his salary increase and deserves to be paid in the top half of coaches in the MWC. We do want Rocky to win a conference championship but stability at head coach (and hopefully at Offensive Coordinator) for years to come should go along way to propelling an eventually conference championship.

There will be no talk about Rocky's contract or Rocky being on the hot seat this year, so that will be a positive. Hopefully this team will play without pressure and fly under the radar enough to surprise some people this year.

I don't see you sneaking up on anybody in conference. Good, hard fought games are expected based on the track record RL has built. It may not reflect in the overall record, but I don't think anyone will overlook you guys.

Nothing to really say here.....except GO MWC!!

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Let's face it...he is NOT gonna be making more than BYU's BroncoMendehall, TCU's Gary Patterson or Utah's Kyle Whittingham.....nor should he just yet........but I would think the football savy fans here would realize that he deserves more compensation that he was getting in the past. Certainly he deserves to be paid more than SDSU's, UNLVs, and CSU's so-called football teams. For goodness sakes he was ranked 8th in the MWC according to salary reports in prior years.

Instead of being the scavengers that we have been in the past..........With better budgets and better facilities....it is my hope that as an administration UNM is buying the groceries needed to become a top tiered program.

I agree. The MWC needs to be agressive to attract talent to the league. The head coach makes a huge difference in CFB and upping their pay is just another step in the BCS direction. Eventually we should be paying the same as the BCS schools, in the 1 to 2 million range (on average).

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Gets the bump before the season, Yikes!

Are the Lobo's getting ahead of themselves?

Actually, they've been working on this contract pretty much all off season. A lot of back and forth, and dragging of feet, between the lawyers on each side delayed the signing of the contract until now.

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I don't see you sneaking up on anybody in conference. Good, hard fought games are expected based on the track record RL has built. It may not reflect in the overall record, but I don't think anyone will overlook you guys.

I think NM missed its only legitimate opportunities from 2002 to 2004 when BYU was having down years and TCU was not yet in the conference. For the foreseeable future, the conference champion is going to come from BYU, Utah, or TCU.

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Listen....as a LOBO fan I am as disappointed as anyone that we haven't won a MWC title or been to a luxourius bowl game.

However....all this article and news is saying is Rocky will be compensated for being consistently in the top half of the MWC for over 7 years now.

Let's face it...he is NOT gonna be making more than BYU's BroncoMendehall, TCU's Gary Patterson or Utah's Kyle Whittingham.....nor should he just yet........but I would think the football savy fans here would realize that he deserves more compensation that he was getting in the past. Certainly he deserves to be paid more than SDSU's, UNLVs, and CSU's so-called football teams. For goodness sakes he was ranked 8th in the MWC according to salary reports in prior years.

Instead of being the scavengers that we have been in the past..........With better budgets and better facilities....it is my hope that as an administration UNM is buying the groceries needed to become a top tiered program.

Take it easy.

What if this season is a bust, will you be questioning Rocky's new salary then? Your putting CSU's football program in the same category as UNLV and SDSU, WOW! My how easily do some forget that CSU has 3 rings in the MWC short existence.

It's only a matter of time....

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Rocky is being rewarded for the job he has done. Over the past seven years the Lobos have been one of the top three programs in the conference, yet Rocky was one of the lowest paid coaches. He's taken the program from a laughing stock to perrenial contender. He's just getting what he deserves.

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Are Lobo Fans happy with this guy and his no titles? Just Curious.

Are you happy with your nmsu aggies getting bytchslapped year in and year out? re you happy that UNM owns you all time 66-28-5? Are you just shouting for joy that youve been under 15k attendance for much of the last few years and if it werent for us and Utep youd be sitting on an 8k egg for the ncaa to crush.

Are you joyful that you are Sports Illustrated worst D1 team in the modern era?

Id bet youre a lot happier than we are.lol.

Rocky has done nothing short of a miracle in Albuquerque. Everything is relative and you cant have USC or Michigan standards for every team including us. Id say its better to build a consitant base than be a flash in the pan. The 1997 UNM team was a flash in the pan. The carpetbagger coach with no loyalty left as soon as we had a good season. Before and after that we were mediocre at best.

Rocky Long rocks.

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Are Lobo Fans happy with this guy and his no titles? Just Curious.

Are you happy with your nmsu aggies getting bytchslapped year in and year out? re you happy that UNM owns you all time 66-28-5? Are you just shouting for joy that youve been under 15k attendance for much of the last few years and if it werent for us and Utep youd be sitting on an 8k egg for the ncaa to crush.

Are you joyful that you are Sports Illustrated worst D1 team in the modern era?

Id bet youre a lot happier than we are.lol.

Rocky has done nothing short of a miracle in Albuquerque. Everything is relative and you cant have USC or Michigan standards for every team including us. Id say its better to build a consitant base than be a flash in the pan. The 1997 UNM team was a flash in the pan. The carpetbagger coach with no loyalty left as soon as we had a good season. Before and after that we were mediocre at best.

Rocky Long rocks.

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Why now instead of after the season? Is this supposed to help him concentrate on football? Is this something to help recruiting by showing kids he isn't going to leave?

Anyhow, good for him and NM.

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