April 11, 2015
All three of
Graham Sims' assistants inform us that they'd like raises for the 2015/16 season.
Steven Manion and
Thomas Liang believe they're worth $40,000/year, and
Donn McClinton wants $50,000. Each coach may quit during the assistant hiring phase if we don't meet these salary requests.
All three coaches have improved since the story began.
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COACH REC SCT OFF DEF
Steven Manion 52 (+13) 28 (+7) 46 (+9) 14 (+11)
Donn McClinton 41 (+12) 55 (+16) 8 (+2) 36 (+10)
Thomas Liang 33 (+10) 16 (+4) 23 (+6) 68 (+20)
Furthermore, they all improved significantly in their specialties: Steven's the recruiter, DMac's the scout, and Thomas is the coaching assistant.
We have the budget to either give our current staff the raises they'd like, or shop for even better coaches. I'll give this a bit of thought. Part of me wants to demonstrate loyalty to Coach Sims' assistants.
Two questions, OOC:
- Do assistant coaches help out in areas other than their specialties? In other words, will McClinton's and Liang's improved Recruiting scores help us land better players, even though Manion is the recruiter?
- Will Graham's ratings ever improve? He still has the scores he had when I created him, while his assistants are getting better.
We also learn we're in line for a facilities upgrade. I've been looking forward to that.