Indeed so! There is no easy way to do it. Best thing to do is just never commit too much one way and let people know you don't know what the future holds. You can't firmly say something because things beyond your control or expectations will change.goapps93 wrote: ↑Tue Dec 06, 2022 10:28 amWell now you’ve gone and made too much sense. How dare you?canes_mj wrote: ↑Tue Dec 06, 2022 10:11 amNo matter how it's done, rarely does a coach leaving for another job go well publicly
- they either initially deny, and then are called a liar later
- if they express interest and are open about it, they are criticized as using their current team as a stepping stone; they lose that team
- if they tell them in tell, the team turns on them (see Brian Kelly trying to sell his move to his ND players?)
- if it leaks, all heck breaks loose
- if it's completely out of the blue and unexpected, fans feel betrayed
There's no good way to do this usually....this doesn't happen in my job. My business isn't open for the entire world, I don't have media asking me about what I'm going to do. I can privately look for a better opportunity and no one knows until I find it, and if I stay no ne knows I ever was looking in the first place. It's unique to sports. Many here got plenty pissed at Satt for leaving App; and Drink....woulda have been pissed at Clarke for leaving but he's not winning so now we want him gone. Coaches walk a razor's edge and they have to look out for themselves because fans and this business is fickle.
Things have changed and at one time it was not about money for players and coaches but now it is. People are worried about feelings but we all know what this is about now. It is time the hypocrisy stop for all sides here. I am not mad at a coach moving on, a player de-committing, a player entering the portal, a coach telling a player his scholarship is not being renewed, a school not letting a player return for entering the portal, etc. Everyone can freely go now and as much as I don't like the current system I think if we are going to have this then we need to be fair about it. I saw on 247 they were arguing about HS coaches not letting us in their school if we let a player go but you don't see the concern by HS coaches if their kid flips that the college they flipped from won't come back. We also need to realize that all the P5s are cutting players, coaching are not picking schools for prestige but for the money, etc. It is what it is and we can't be mad at it.
We can say what we want here but if Shawn was winning and got a 4M offer from another school he would take it. He might turn down a little more money or any other G5 but Shawn Clark would absolutely bolt for a P5 if they offered him 4M. He can say this is his dream job all he wants, and it was at one time, but dreams change and when the money is substantial it changes it. I might not want to be on wallstreet but if someone offered me 5M a year to go do that I would do it for the money. The college football world has changed and it is time for fans to realize that we might be loyal to our school but no player or coach truly is when the money hits big. Nate Noel, Burger, Stroman, and the rest could be lured away with a big enough NIL deal. It is what it is.