Matt Rhule's Contract...

[BIGH2001]

I knew Rhule was overpaid but this is shocking. Everyone in the top 10 except him has made a Super Bowl and 7 of the 9 guys have titles. He is being paid more than the last two coaches to win titles and makes a paltry 500K less than John Harbaugh. 

What in the hell was Tepper thinking?

Top 10 NFL coach salaries.  

1. Bill Belichick, $12.5 million

With six Super Bowl rings and 22 years of tenure with the New England Patriots, it makes sense that Belichick has the highest salary among coaches. He also makes personnel decisions for the Patriots, including the draft, free agency and trades. Belichick is a three-time AP Coach of the Year and the all-time leader in playoff wins by a coach.

2. Pete Carroll, $11 million

The Seattle Seahawks’ head coach since 2010, Carroll has led the team to the postseason nine times in 11 years. Seattle won Super Bowl XLVIII over the Broncos before losing to the Patriots in Super Bowl XLIX the following year. The 70-year-old Carroll is the NFL’s oldest head coach, but last year he signed a contract extension through 2025.

3. Sean Payton, $9.8 million

In the midst of his 15th season with the New Orleans Saints, Payton is the NFL second longest-tenured head coach behind Belichick. He was hired in 2006 and promptly turned the team around, going 10-6 in his first year after the Saints went 3-13 in 2005. Paired with Drew Brees, the Saints won Super Bowl XLIV in February 2010 and haven’t won fewer than seven games during Payton’s tenure.

4. John Harbaugh, $9 million

Hired in 2009, Harbaugh has just one losing season with the Baltimore Ravens. He won Super Bowl LXVII in February 2013 against his brother Jim and the San Francisco 49ers. Recently, he transformed the Ravens’ offense as they moved from pocket passer Joe Flacco to dual-threat Lamar Jackson.

5. Matt Rhule, $8.5 million

It took a lot of money for the Carolina Panthers to poach Rhule away from Baylor University in 2020. The Panthers are in the midst of a rebuild, as they went 5-11 in Rhule’s first year and then replaced quarterback Teddy Bridgewater with Sam Darnold in 2021. The 46-year-old Rhule signed a seven-year deal with the Panthers, so he’ll likely be around through the rebuild.

6. Sean McVay, $8.5 million

At 30, McVay was the youngest head coach in NFL history when the Los Angeles Rams hired him in 2017. Since then, he’s never finished with a losing record and won the NFC title in 2018. He also revolutionized the head coach hiring process, as a new wave of young offensive-minded coaches were hired in the years following his early success with the Rams.

7. Mike Tomlin, $8 million

Now in his 15th consecutive season with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Tomlin is one of the top coaches in the NFL. He’s never finished below .500, leading the Steelers to the playoffs in nine of 14 seasons and making the Super Bowl twice. Tomlin won the Super Bowl in just his second season, but he hasn’t won a playoff game since 2016.

8. Andy Reid, $8 million

Coming in at eighth on this list, Reid is a bargain for the Kansas City Chiefs. He could never win the big game until he found Patrick Mahomes, but he hasn’t squandered his opportunity with the NFL’s best quarterback since 2018, making three straight AFC title games and two straight Super Bowls. Now in his ninth season with the Chiefs after 14 years with the Philadelphia Eagles, Reid is among the NFL’s great offensive minds.

9. Bruce Arians, $8 million

The defending Super Bowl champion, Arians has succeeded everywhere he’s gone as a head coach. He filled in for Chuck Pagano and won AP Coach of the Year with the Indianapolis Colts, then went 49-30 with the Arizona Cardinals before joining the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Getting Tom Brady down to Florida certainly helped his case, as he had just one playoff win in seven seasons before teaming up with the GOAT.

10. Ron Rivera, $7 million

Riverboat Ron signed a five-year contract with the Washington Football Team prior to 2020. Even though Washington went just 7-9 in his first season, that was good enough to win the NFC East and make the postseason. His $7 million salary was earned after nine seasons with the Carolina Panthers where he led them to an NFC title in 2015.

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[Luciu5]

I feel like this thread is 1 year and about 11 months late.

As to what was Tepper thinking?  He's got money and doesn't care.  He wanted his guy and made an offer that couldn't be refused.  Rhule's salary might look large compared to other coaches, but isn't very large compared to Tepper's income.

At any rate, who cares?  I fail to see how much Rhule is paid is relevant to anything that a normal person would care about.  That said, I know there are about 85 people on the planet who care about it and they are all here on the Huddle and will all be in this thread in a minute.

Edited November 10, 2021 by Luciu5

[cardiackat88.]

Better question, who the hell would pay a coach $7 million after he was fired due to a final poor performance against the team you beat him with?

 

*Cough cough*

[Mage]

Tepper is rich as hell and Rhule’s contract does not affect the team

[BIGH2001]

1 minute ago, Mage said:

Tepper is rich as hell and Rhule’s contract does not affect the team

No, but it shows just how damn stupid this move was.  He gave Super Bowl winning money to a guy who had never coached an NFL game. We have a bigger problem here...

[ickmule]

3 minutes ago, BIGH2001 said:

No, but it shows just how damn stupid this move was.  He gave Super Bowl winning money to a guy who had never coached an NFL game. We have a bigger problem here...

 Tepper is the problem. 

[Tbe]

It doesn’t matter as it’s not a cap hit.

Tepper can pay coaches and other staff as much as he wants.

Look at it this way, somewhere out there is a good coach who is going to jump at the chance to interview here because he knows a payday is coming.

[Jmac]

Everyone thought once the old man sold the team that the troubles would be over. It never occured to anyone that the new regime could be as bad or worse then the previous one.

Tepper has money to burn. This is a hobby for him and his ego feeds the beast. These contracts are just chump change for him.

He could just resell the team and walk away and recoup most of his investment. The grass isn't always greener as they say.

[BIGH2001]

7 minutes ago, Tbe said:

It doesn’t matter as it’s not a cap hit.

Tepper can pay coaches and other staff as much as he wants.

Look at it this way, somewhere out there is a good coach who is going to jump at the chance to interview here because he knows a payday is coming.

Never said it was a cap hit. I know it’s not. But the point is just how mind numbingly stupid this contract was. If we thought JR was a bad owner he looks like Kraft or the Rooneys compared to the clown we have running the show now.

[WUnderhill]

Honestly don’t mind it so much. Not like it counts against the cap. The only sense I could ever make of it was that Tepper was setting a precedent of this being an attractive coaching gig, at least money and autonomy-wise. Unfortunately, his decision of which coach to give that money and autonomy to is looking pretty questionable right now.

[CRA]

24 minutes ago, Jmac said:

Everyone thought once the old man sold the team that the troubles would be over. It never occured to anyone that the new regime could be as bad or worse then the previous one.

Tepper has money to burn. This is a hobby for him and his ego feeds the beast. These contracts are just chump change for him.

He could just resell the team and walk away and recoup most of his investment. The grass isn't always greener as they say.

Well, it matters if it causes Tepper to stick with a mistake simply because he drastically overpaid. 

[Jmac]

2 minutes ago, CRA said:

Well, it matters if it causes Tepper to stick with a mistake simply because he drastically overpaid. 

Tepper has been playing with $$$ his whole career. Move it around and gamble on the outcome. He knows how to make a buck and his hedge fund business made him  billions.

I don't see him sticking with a mistake because he overpaid. Fact is, his next moves are totally unpredictable at this point. He may just say fug it and fire everyone next season and start over.

 

[CarolinaRideorDie]

One thing all of these top 10 coaches have in common is that they have won a Super Bowl or at least been to a super bowl with he exception of Rhule.  Rhule has no merit to earn this much, this is just David Tepper flexing his money. 

[Evil Hurney]

Seems to me that NFL head coaches are underpaid compared to players and their peers in the college game.