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colobobcat66
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Posted: 12/22/2015 2:43 PM
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Lembo apparently going to be asst. coach at maryland. Arms race continues.
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Posted: 12/22/2015 6:20 PM
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Sorry to see him go. FOund him to be affable and kind. Good luck in your future endeavours coach.

http://www.thestarpress.com/story/sports/college/ball-sta... /

"Lembo decided to make the move after dealing with frustration after years leading one of the most under-resourced programs in the MAC."

He was Ball State's highest paid employee, ahead of university president Paul Ferguson, whose salary is $450,000. Lembo's starting salary when he was hired in 2011 was $350,000. He received a contract extension and was named associate athletic director in March of 2014, after leading Ball State to three consecutive years of bowl eligibility.
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Posted: 12/22/2015 6:20 PM
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He must have thought he had reached a dead end at BSU and could not have taken them any further. This doesn't seem like a step up. I'm sure he's making more $ as the Asst. Coach at Maryland but the cost of living is probably more too, so how much of a financial net gain is it really?
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Posted: 12/22/2015 6:27 PM
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Mark Lembright '85 wrote:expand_more
He must have thought he had reached a dead end at BSU and could not have taken them any further. This doesn't seem like a step up. I'm sure he's making more $ as the Asst. Coach at Maryland but the cost of living is probably more too, so how much of a financial net gain is it really?
Let's face it, he was 3-9 after 5-7 last year. He probably figured a few years at Maryland are worth more than another year or two at Ball State. Like I said, the arms race is escalating. This makes 2 MAC head coaches in two years who have taken assistant jobs at P-5 schools rather than stay in the MAC.

He shouldn't have any trouble making it in Maryland making $500,000 plus so I don't feel real sorry about a higher cost of living there. Should be able to put a few bucks away for the future.
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Posted: 12/22/2015 7:39 PM
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My goodness this doesn't speak well about Ball State, let alone the MAC (though most won't immediately come to that conclusion.) Think about it, Coach Lembo doesn't leave for a coordinator position at a power program, but a bottom dwelling Big Ten team. As was stated, it doesn't speak well about what he thought his ceiling would be for the Cardinals, or his paycheck.
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Posted: 12/22/2015 7:46 PM
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cbus cat fan wrote:expand_more
My goodness this doesn't speak well about Ball State, let alone the MAC (though most won't immediately come to that conclusion.) Think about it, Coach Lembo doesn't leave for a coordinator position at a power program, but a bottom dwelling Big Ten team. As was stated, it doesn't speak well about what he thought his ceiling would be for the Cardinals, or his paycheck.
I guess he's motivated by one thing: Cold Hard Cash.
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Posted: 12/22/2015 7:59 PM
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I wonder if Brady Hoke has any interest in returning or if BSU would pay him enough to make it interesting to him.
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Posted: 12/22/2015 9:26 PM
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colobobcat66 wrote:expand_more
He must have thought he had reached a dead end at BSU and could not have taken them any further. This doesn't seem like a step up. I'm sure he's making more $ as the Asst. Coach at Maryland but the cost of living is probably more too, so how much of a financial net gain is it really?
Let's face it, he was 3-9 after 5-7 last year. He probably figured a few years at Maryland are worth more than another year or two at Ball State. Like I said, the arms race is escalating. This makes 2 MAC head coaches in two years who have taken assistant jobs at P-5 schools rather than stay in the MAC.

He shouldn't have any trouble making it in Maryland making $500,000 plus so I don't feel real sorry about a higher cost of living there. Should be able to put a few bucks away for the future.
It'll certainly be sticker shock for him; median home price in Muncie is about 60k; in College Park it's $287k. And they're not very big -- 3 br, 1-2 baths.

BSU hasn't really been competitive in the MAC the last couple years, either. 4-4 in '14; 2-6 this season. At least he didn't wait until August to jump ship like Enos did. Not sure MD will be any better; it's historically a b-ball school, so the money issue likely won't be much different.
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