Not WAC related but an informative read

"When Providence offered me the job, there was quite a distance between one salary offer and what I was making at George Mason, but I wasn't comparing Providence to George Mason," Larranaga said. "I was comparing Providence to other Big East schools and George Mason to other programs in the CAA. I felt like we had the support for our program here to be competitive and to succeed."

ESPN's Dana O'Neill offers an insightful article on why a trio of so-called mid-major coaches stayed at their respective schools. The quote above is but one of the reasons.