Lottich's Contract

[Valpo89]

As he is coming from Ohio State, you can assume that Diebler would expect close to the same deal.

Do you know something that no one else does yet?

[usc4valpo]

does MLB have the incentive to make radical decisions right now? I doubt it.

[valpotx]

Yeah, a bit of experience difference between Diebler and Pedon at this point (about 10 years worth).  I can't see Jake getting such a deal/package like this anywhere, at this point in time.

[valpo64]

With ML's approaching retirement, is it realistic to think he would make a coaching change?  Just asking.

[vu72]

With ML's approaching retirement, is it realistic to think he would make a coaching change?  Just asking.

No. He has said that now that the University has a new forward looking plan in the works--that will include athletics--it was the perfect time to bring in a new AD to be part of the new plan going forward.  Part of that plan, no doubt, will address athletics/facilities and as a result, "saddling" the new AD with a coach not of his choosing, in the Universities flagship sport, would not be in Valpo's best interest.  We should have our new AD announced by June.

[oklahomamick]

Outside of the usual Lottich fans, you know who you are, who thinks Lottich lands a head coaching job somewhere after he is let go from valpo?  Invisibly it would be a low major, but will he get a head coaching job immediately after?

Last two valpo coaches left for power 5 jobs.  That's the trend you would like.

[JD24]

I didn't recall this but when Coach K wasn't Coach K and he replaced Bill Foster at Duke, his previous year's Army team was 9-17. Foster left Duke....inconceivable now...because he was going to replace Frank McGuire at South Carolina and that was a big deal at the time. Times do change.

[vu84v2]

As he is coming from Ohio State, you can assume that Diebler would expect close to the same deal.

Do you know something that no one else does yet?

No (and, admittedly, my wording was a bit clumsy). All I was saying is that if one assistant at Ohio State got an MVC job, another assistant being hired into an MVC program would expect similar terms.

[EddieCabot]

As he is coming from Ohio State, you can assume that Diebler would expect close to the same deal.

Do you know something that no one else does yet?

No (and, admittedly, my wording was a bit clumsy). All I was saying is that if one assistant at Ohio State got an MVC job, another assistant being hired into an MVC program would expect similar terms.

I don't get this.  Pedon was making twice what Diebler was at OSU ... why would Diebler demand similar terms for a MVC job?

[VU2014]

Jake Diebler's (potential future Valpo HC) was hired onto Butler's staff. If Jake was hired as Valpo's HC (after the 2022-2023 season), would he bring brother onto the staff.

I'm looking passed the Lottich era now.

[historyman]

Jake Diebler's (potential future Valpo HC) was hired onto Butler's staff. If Jake was hired as Valpo's HC (after the 2022-2023 season), would he bring brother onto the staff.

Did you mean to say that Jon Diebler was hired as an asst coach (along with Greg Oden) by Thad Matta at Butler?

Because Jake Diebler is not an asst coach at Butler, he is still at Ohio State.

[usc4valpo]

How many more years does Lottich have left?

[vu72]

How many more years does Lottich have left?

good question.  He has completed six seasons.  If he got an extension after 2019-2020 (the year we went to the MVC Championship game) then if might be a few more years.  Having written that, my sense is, for whatever reason, that next year is the end of his current contract.

[VUBBFan]

How many years left? Per a post from @JonRothstein in July of 2020.

Matt Lottich was given a Multi-Year contract extension that goes through the 2024-25 season.

[elephtheria47]

Last I saw, Lottichs contract was $346k/year.

Some of these transfers are getting paid more in NIL to play for them than we are willing/able to pay our coach.

This is nuts. And our future gets even more dismal when I still look at the status of the ARC.

[VU2014]

Future Valpo Coach. Saying it now. Either Jake or Roger Powell.

https://twitter.com/ohiostatehoops/status/1522228994019536899?s=21&t=xG42Wu0CRuQFT3HZiwUfQg

[valpotx]

The Associate Head Coach of a school like Ohio State, will get much better opportunities than little ole Valpo, sorry.

[VU2014]

The Associate Head Coach of a school like Ohio State, will get much better opportunities than little ole Valpo, sorry.

Maybe. But still an opportunity to be a head coach at MVC mid major is a big opportunity and is a nice stepping stone or launch pad if you can succeed.

[oklahomamick]

Would be willing to bet head coach Lottich's salary is similar to associate head coach diebler's salary. 

[AlaskaCrusader19]

It's disappointing to see Evansville willing to quickly cut bait with their underachieving coach, yet Lottich remains at Valpo with no real reason for optimism.

[usc4valpo]

At this stage, Evansville cares more about their program than Valpo.

[valpo95]

At this stage, Evansville cares more about their program than Valpo.

That's a cheap shot, and unnecessary.

Clearly the fans want VU to do better, yet collectively VU under Coach Lottich has performed much better than the collective dumpster fire that has been Evansville.

Since Lottich became head coach in 2016, Evansville has had Marty Simmons, Walter McCarty and Todd Lickliter as coach, and will have someone new next year. Over those seven years, they had a combined record of 68-116, with only one year above 0.500 (17-15 in 2017-18). That was the only year that Evansville had a higher record in the MVC (Evansville went 7-11, and VU went 6-12), which was also Valpo's poorest finish in the MVC. Under Lottich, Valpo has been 97-96 which includes one year in the HL.

[vu72]

It's disappointing to see Evansville willing to quickly cut bait with their underachieving coach, yet Lottich remains at Valpo with no real reason for optimism.

Hold on here!  First, Lickliter was hired only because their head coach got caught in a scandal.  Next, of the three years he was the head coach, he finished T-5, one year, with a 7-11 conference record, and was 2-28 in conference the other two, finishing dead last.  No comparison with Matt's record.

[VU2014]

Would be willing to bet head coach Lottich's salary is similar to associate head coach diebler's salary. 

Probably true maybe a little less depending on the bump Lottich got in the new contract extension.

Personally I think being a head coach at an MVC school is a bigger career opportunity to control your own destiny and call your own shots on how to run a program.

After Bryce left us, I'm under no illusions that any coach who has success won't move onto hire levels of conference basketball. It is what it is.

Really would love either Roger or Jake to be our future HC. There was a LOT of buzz around Roger Powell for the Illinois Job a few months ago.

Both are great guys (not to say Lottich or Staff isn't) and both have been primed with over decade of assistant coaching experience and are former Valpo Assistants (Jake Former player as well).

https://twitter.com/rogerpowelljr/status/1522620490988220417?s=21&t=L38nwy08vgqsSvJ38XgG-g

https://twitter.com/rogerpowelljr/status/1522620490988220417?s=21&t=L38nwy08vgqsSvJ38XgG-g

[valpotx]

Geez, 7'0" and 190?