By Yoni Cohen on Mon Mar 30, 2009 at 01:20:02 PM EST
I like Anthony Grant. He is a talented coach and recruiter with an impressive resume, particularly for an SEC school. Grant is a great hire for Alabama, where he'll likely succeed.
But Grant isn't worth $2 million a year. No way. No how. Not now.
Grant's been a head coach for only three seasons. He owes his success to a senior, Eric Maynor, he did not recruit. Most importantly, he is much less accomplished than the very large number of coaches who earn significantly less than $2 million a year -- including Grant's old boss, Oklahoma's Jeff Capel.
Even Georgia Tech's Paul Hewitt, the most overpaid coach in power conference basketball, currently pulls in significantly less than $2 million a year.
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