Eiler Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 At the end of last season I signed Luc Nilis as my assistant manager. I had him on a £1,300 per week contract and together we won the treble. Then Spurs came along and offered Nilis a job as coach. Now, going from assistant manger of the European champions to a job as coach for a club that didn't qualify for Europe seemed like a mistake that no one would be stupid enough to make. But regardless I wanted to make absolutely sure that he didn't consider leaving, so I offered him a new contract worth ten times his current contract. £15,250 per week. The next day he signed for Spurs and told me that he found the basic wage offered by me to be unacceptable. His new contract at Spurs? £1,900 per week. I hope he doesn't take up a job in accounting next. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eiler Posted May 28, 2008 Author Share Posted May 28, 2008 At the end of last season I signed Luc Nilis as my assistant manager. I had him on a £1,300 per week contract and together we won the treble. Then Spurs came along and offered Nilis a job as coach. Now, going from assistant manger of the European champions to a job as coach for a club that didn't qualify for Europe seemed like a mistake that no one would be stupid enough to make. But regardless I wanted to make absolutely sure that he didn't consider leaving, so I offered him a new contract worth ten times his current contract. £15,250 per week. The next day he signed for Spurs and told me that he found the basic wage offered by me to be unacceptable. His new contract at Spurs? £1,900 per week. I hope he doesn't take up a job in accounting next. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIMN Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 What are/were his job preference bars like. It may have been that he didn't want to be an assistant manager, and despite the lure of a lucrative contract, he was much more contented to go back to just coaching. Had you offered him a contract as a merely a coach, you might have had much more of a chance of keeping him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
canvey!! Posted May 28, 2008 Share Posted May 28, 2008 I wouldn't want him as my assisstant manager if he makes idiotic decisions like that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eiler Posted May 28, 2008 Author Share Posted May 28, 2008 <BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Geoff Newman: What are/were his job preference bars like. It may have been that he didn't want to be an assistant manager, and despite the lure of a lucrative contract, he was much more contented to go back to just coaching. Had you offered him a contract as a merely a coach, you might have had much more of a chance of keeping him. </div></BLOCKQUOTE> The coach bar is one notch above assistant manager, so I don't think that's enough to make a 13k per week difference That said I do think it's got to do with the roles at the club. It's probably some weird logic that says £1,900 per week is good for a coach whereas £15,250 per week for an assistant manager isn't great. But I still think it's funny that he turned me down because the basic wage was "unacceptable". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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