From Kat Terrell: Saints Tried to Keep Ronald Curry (1 Viewer)

[Taker597]

Wanting to demoting a QB coach to WR coach is just a cost effective way to fire him

 

[No2DC]

A new OC pretty much forced Curry out. PGC and QB coach are usually new faces with a new OC. Curry remained on staff up to this point through the OC search.

I think he’d still be here if he was offered to remain QB coach. It’s a step backwards in career trajectory to go back to his first position coach job with no input in the offense like he had as PGC and QB coach. No team’s staff is really worth reducing pay and opportunity for .

I'm sure he knew it was coming. In most industries, a new regime puts your current status in jeopardy. Depending on the Buffalo situation, that could be the next step to being an OC somewhere.

 

[jessy]

“From Kat Terrell: Saints Tried to Keep Ronald Curry”

What a load of nonsense, offering someone a demotion is not trying to keep them. Be honest.

Me rolling in to work tomorrow - Hey Johnny, you’re doing a great job here, how about you step down to the job you had four years ago and take half the salary?

 

[Lionsaint]

New OC wants his coach. Could just tell someone that they are fired but instead they tried to find another position for him. That’s the very definition of attempting to keep someone when their current position is no longer available to them. Also there hasn’t been any reports of the saints asking him to take a pay cut. NFL may be different because of the contracts but I know typically in Louisiana employers can’t lower someone’s pay without their consent even if they are being demoted or having responsibilities taken away.

I have personally experience with that from when I was 19. I worked at a bowling alley and was promoted to snack bar manager. Along with the promotion I received a 2 dollar per hour bump in pay. Which was decent in 98 and for a 19 year old. Anyways fast forward 10 months and the owner decided to hire someone in their 30s with some restaurant experience for my position and demote me. He asked me to sign a paper authorizing him to bump my pay back down. I refused and he had to pay me my current salary… for another 2 months until he find a reason to fire me. Now obviously I know my situation is different.

How many years did RC have left on his contract? Coach contracts are fully guaranteed so would we have had to keep paying him.. until he was hired somewhere else. Which he was so that’s a moot point. Couple interesting facts to me concerning coach’s contracts. The Raiders are still paying Gruden 10m a year. From his original 10 year 100m contract. And it’s estimated that between 2017 and 2022 the 32 teams combined paid 800m to coaches and executives that were fired. Good thing all that dead money doesn’t count towards the cap.

 

[AustSaint]

I think the writing was on the wall and RC saw it. I had hoped that we would have kept him but that wasn't to be, I wish him the best in Buffalo and I sincerely wish that this is the last DA year.

 

[liveoakh]

It states that they asked him to take on coaching WRs, but he wants to stay working with QBs. I believe it

I give Curry credit, for a knowing that WR coach is not the fast track to an OC job. No team is out there looking for Kodi Burns for their new OC position.

 

[bthomas1]

I wish Curry nothing but the best.