I don't know that Porter leaves for a high major, but I could be wrong. I was thinking about this the other day. He's in the 400k range here, let's say next go round that gets bumped to 500k. If he leaves for a good-paying, but traditionally short sighted high major like an Iowa, Nebraska, etc. he will get what? 2-3 million a year and then be canned if there isn't a miracle after 3 seasons? That puts you back in the being an assistant somewhere role or back down for a rebuild in the mid-major ranks.

It seems to me that coaches like coaching and if you can find a good gig with long-term staying power that might actually be more valuable in the long run. He can make the same amount of money coaching at Loyola in a place he's comfortable, a culture he created and with an opportunity to get even better at or take a short term payday and then have to start all over again in his mid to late 50s.

Granted, I don't know which way I would go, but there are at least these two schools of thought on the topic.

My thoughts (and hopes) exactly.

I'll be the first to admit, I was calling for Porter's head a couple years ago. I was wrong. Dead wrong. I'm all in on him now and I hope he sticks around. This has the potential to be a place where he is immortalized if he sustains the success.

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Cigarboy sucks!

Josephus Magnus is right on !! LUC gives him a nice raise--He stays and builds a great dynasty at LUC !! It is all right there in Rogers park for him ! I, who was impatient with him at first am completely sold on him !! He has commenced bringing LUC back to the BIGS !! MONEY IS NOT ALL THERE IS !!

Good job for Porter. This program fell off the map and he has brought us back.