How much is Ricki pulling in from the AW's gig?
When he was also employed by the Phoenix his salary was being topped up by NZF by $50k pa.
Since then he has probably been getting no more than $100k pa from NZF. It's been a WC qualification year, but there's also been very little actual activity.
This is the problem for NZF. Despite all the criticism thrown at him Ricki has been damn good value for money. The new coach is likely to cost NZF at least 2 or 3 times more than what they've been paying up until now - a decent hit on the budget.