Pioli stays at this low salary?

[MagicMarker]

All we ever read is that the Patriots are paying Pioli somewhere in the neighborhood for $750,000 per year. The Seahawks supposedly offered $3 million per year. The Giants certainly would have doubled it.

Why does this not make sense? Well, if it's not an old saying, it should be: If the numbers don't add up, you're probably mssing some of the numbers.

Early on (when Bill Parcells was still the coach), I remember Kraft talking about how he wanted incentives in Bledsoes contract for how well the team did. Then, I remember after the Patriots beat the Rams in Super Bowl XXXVI that Belichick had received a bonus "in the seven figures".

Kraft will pay for performance. It would not surprise me if the Patriots win the Super Bowl, Belichick could pull down $10 million and Pioli $7 million. The same with our assistant coaches....sure we supposedly aren't paying what other teams are, but I'll be the assistance can double or triple their salaries as well.

Pioli is no idiot. He certainly wouldn't keep leaving dollars that big on the table just for loyalty. I'm betting he's one of the highest (if not the highest) paid GMs in the league when the Patriots win.

 

[shmessy]

All we ever read is that the Patriots are paying Pioli somewhere in the neighborhood for $750,000 per year. The Seahawks supposedly offered $3 million per year. The Giants certainly would have doubled it.

Why does this not make sense? Well, if it's not an old saying, it should be: If the numbers don't add up, you're probably mssing some of the numbers.

Early on (when Bill Parcells was still the coach), I remember Kraft talking about how he wanted incentives in Bledsoes contract for how well the team did. Then, I remember after the Patriots beat the Rams in Super Bowl XXXVI that Belichick had received a bonus "in the seven figures".

Kraft will pay for performance. It would not surprise me if the Patriots win the Super Bowl, Belichick could pull down $10 million and Pioli $7 million. The same with our assistant coaches....sure we supposedly aren't paying what other teams are, but I'll be the assistance can double or triple their salaries as well.

Pioli is no idiot. He certainly wouldn't keep leaving dollars that big on the table just for loyalty. I'm betting he's one of the highest (if not the highest) paid GMs in the league when the Patriots win.

Where did you read he makes $750K?

 

[BradyManny]

This will sound admittedly cheesy, but happiness is more important than money to some people. Maybe it's actually that simple.

It's not like the guy is making minimum wage or anything - he's finacially secure, I'm sure his #1 priority is taking care of his family and I'm sure he's compensated well enough to do that.

It's a different scenario from players - they have short careers and have to make money as quick as they can, aside from the fact that lots of them like spending it on things to show their status. For some reason, I don't see Pioli as the guy out looking to put some 24's on his ride.

 

[PromisedLand]

I am sure Kraft is no fool. He knows what he has in Pioli and Belichick. He will pay them the amount set by the market. There is no salary cap for coaches and executives.

I can't imagine that Pioli would turn down Paul Allan's offer of $15M over 4 years if he was only making $750K.

You can't believe everything you read, buddy.

 

[patriotspride]

i think we have to get used to the idea that he may leave.hes from newyork and grew up a big time giants fan .and if he does leave dont be surprised if bb goes with him .its a nightmare i know .

 

[carolinatony]

I am sure he is making more money than most people will ever see.
The bottom line is IF you are happy and making a Million or so; does it matter is you make a bit more?
How many of us would love to have any sports job making big bucks.

 

[BradyisGod]

Perhaps some people haven't seen Scott's latest statement?

 

[PatsWickedPissah]

First, Pioli has to be making substantially more than $750K per annum.

But add me to the Teddy Bruschi list of people who once they have enough money to support their family, shift their priorities to stuff like quality of life, enjoyment of a work environment and its relationships and other subjective criteria that outweigh another few million dollars.

"You can't enjoy a mutual fund." My wife.

 

[aloyouis]

Perhaps some people haven't seen Scott's latest statement?

and what was that?

 

[BradyisGod]

"I am very honored to be granted the opportunity to discuss a potential position with the New York Giants. I have tremendous respect for the Kraft family, the Mara family, the Tisch family and the Giants organization. After careful consideration, and for personal reasons, I am continuing in my current role with the New England Patriots."

 

[aloyouis]

"I am very honored to be granted the opportunity to discuss a potential position with the New York Giants. I have tremendous respect for the Kraft family, the Mara family, the Tisch family and the Giants organization. After careful consideration, and for personal reasons, I am continuing in my current role with the New England Patriots."

Thanks! The entire story....

• The next in line? This offseason it should be New England vice president of player personnel Scott Pioli's turn, if some smart ownership group is willing to cede full control to Belichick's 41-year-old right-hand man. Pioli loves working for Belichick and has tremendous regard for the Kraft family, which has been very good to him. He could be there as long as Belichick is and he'd be happy, because he's not a wanderlust guy. If he were, he would have taken Seattle owner Paul Allen's $3-million-a-year offer to oversee the Seahawks two years ago. But if a flagship franchise like the Giants, who are losing longtime GM Ernie Accorsi to retirement this month, were to offer Pioli full control over football operations, it could be a perfect match.

Pioli was bitten by the football bug at Giants training camp when Belichick was the boy wonder defensive coordinator two decades ago. Pioli used to go to Giants training camp to study defensive schemes as a Central Connecticut State coaching wannabe. Belichick befriended him and later gave him his first job in the NFL as a scouting gopher with the Browns. Whether the Giants hire Pioli, the pre-eminent personnel man in the game who doesn't have full football control over a team, is one thing, but they should at least make the call to see if he's interested.

(Note: 5:45 p.m. Monday update: The Giants did request and were granted permission to discuss their GM job with Pioli by New England owner Bob Kraft. But shortly after 5 Monday afternoon, Pioli said thanks, but no thanks. But even after Belichick called Giants co-owner and friend John Mara to help sell Pioli to him, it turns out there never really were any negotiations or serious discussions of any kind between Pioli and the Giants. In the end, he decided for a myriad of reasons that the job he has is the one he wants. "I am very honored to be granted the opportunity to discuss a potential position with the New York Giants," he said in a statement released by the Patriots at 5:14 p.m. "I have tremendous respect for the Kraft family, the Mara family, the Tisch family [the Maras and Tischs are the Giants co-owners] and the Giants organization. After careful consideration, and for personal reasons, I am continuing in my current role with the New England Patriots." And so Pioli, seen by many as an elixir for what ails the Giants, will stay with the Patriots, and probably for a long time.)

 

[Aldogg]

Money can't buy everything. Maybe he is happy here being a cog to a great machine than getting his own team and dealing with everything and then some.

 

[MagicMarker]

There is also some value in being on the same wave length as the coach.

If not, the coach won't use the players as you intended....as a result, neither coach or GM is very effective.

Also, if you're the GM and the team starts having success, you ultimately have a power struggle between coach and GM...like in Pittsburgh, like in Green Bay, and maybe even in Tennessee.