Stop.
There is no controversy. Moser will be here next year, and probably the year after that, even if we go to the Final Four.
There are only about 20, MAYBE 25 jobs Moser would consider leaving Loyola for. Almost all of them have coaches who are doing well. Half of the handful that MIGHT be looking for coaches aren't going to pay too much more than we're ready and willing to pay. The remainder are jobs that are probably looking for someone with multiple years of winning and tournament appearances before they'd bite on Moser, even if we go further than we've gone now.
It would take a perfect storm for him to leave what he himself has made into a very good situation: another year or two of tournament-level success, Loyola balking at a second raise, some kind of tension in the athletic dept. that doesn't exist now bubbling to the forefront, some big, BIG money in the six figures, somebody retiring at a suitable school, AND Porter's family situation going along with the decision.
Those are a lot of things that need to happen for him to leave, and several of them are in Loyola's control.
P.S. When I was doing the preview for the Miami game, I noticed that Jim Larranaga's salary at Miami is "only" about $1.5 million. He took a mid-major to a Final Four, has only had five seasons under .500 in 32 years as a head coach (the last one was 20 years ago), works at a ACC school with football money, has a 4-4 tournament record with Miami in 7 seasons, and has over 600 career head coaching victories. Last year, there was one MVC coach making twice that, one making 60% of that, and one making 40% of that. So there is precedent for Moser getting a big bump.
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