http://www.espn.com/mens-college-ba...gregg-marshall-leave-wichita-state-bigger-job
It struck me as a pretty good summary of all the reasons he is very unlikely to go to a football school. tl/dr: enormous ego, loves being the biggest fish in the pond.
Maybe that sounds to you like a guy a guy who wants to play a distant second fiddle to Kirby, coach in front of 3,200 people for a midweek November game against a SoCon opponent, fly commercial and get nickel and dimed on facilities, etc. by a penny-pinching administration, but it doesn't sound that way to me.
It struck me as a pretty good summary of all the reasons he is very unlikely to go to a football school. tl/dr: enormous ego, loves being the biggest fish in the pond.
He recalls the tempting offer Alabama made in 2015. Former athletic director Bill Battle stayed at his house for hours, hoping to woo Marshall after he had just led the Shockers to the Sweet 16.
He was making $1.8 million per year then. But Bama was offering "something that starts with a four."
When Battle left, Marshall figured he'd travel to Tuscaloosa and check out the Crimson Tide.
And then he got a phone call from one of Wichita State's wealthy backers, who asked him what it would take to keep him off that plane.
The next year, Marshall's salary rose to $3 million per year.
That, coupled with a cost of living that's 10 percent less than the national average, according to Forbes, makes Wichita an ideal spot for a man who lives like a king here.
When he recruits, he whips around the country in private jets thanks to his connections in the city's wealthy aviation community.
If he wants tickets to an event in the region, he just picks up the phone.
Game 6 of the World Series in 2014, when the Kansas City Royals beat the San Francisco Giants 10-0? He was sitting behind home plate.
Any concert in the area? He picks up the phone.
He was making $1.8 million per year then. But Bama was offering "something that starts with a four."
When Battle left, Marshall figured he'd travel to Tuscaloosa and check out the Crimson Tide.
And then he got a phone call from one of Wichita State's wealthy backers, who asked him what it would take to keep him off that plane.
The next year, Marshall's salary rose to $3 million per year.
That, coupled with a cost of living that's 10 percent less than the national average, according to Forbes, makes Wichita an ideal spot for a man who lives like a king here.
When he recruits, he whips around the country in private jets thanks to his connections in the city's wealthy aviation community.
If he wants tickets to an event in the region, he just picks up the phone.
Game 6 of the World Series in 2014, when the Kansas City Royals beat the San Francisco Giants 10-0? He was sitting behind home plate.
Any concert in the area? He picks up the phone.
