rest assured I'll be writing this blog for a very long time...
...but don't be surprised to find that I've disappeared tomorrow when the J'ville fishwrap offers me a better gig.
What is it with football coaches? Nick Saban swears his allegiance to LSU and bolts for the Miami Dolphins, then does the exact same thing to go to Alabama. Butch Davis swears he's not leaving the University of Miami and before you can blink he's trolling the sidelines of the Cleveland Browns. Bobby Pinocchio demands commitment from his Atlanta Falcons team, telling them how they're all in this together, and then bolts before the end of his first season for Arkansas. Rumor has it, his name is in the ring for the West Virgina job, recently vacated by Rich Rodriguez who himself bolted for Michigan after proclaiming he wasn't going anywhere for a long time, and he hasn't coached a single practice yet. At least he hasn't come out and said he's staying at Arkansas yet. Jimbo Fisher is rumored to be the leading candidate for the West Virginia job, and just last week he signed a contract to stay at FSU to eventually replace Bobby Bowden.
I don't mind them moving on for a better job. I just mind them lying about it. If you can't say you're staying for a long time, don't say it. If you don't want to say you're leaving, don't say anything...but don't lie.
Then there's the whole buyout thing in contracts. Rodriguez has a 4 million dollar buyout clause in his West Virginia contract that basically says, if he leaves early, he has to pay the school four million dollars. He said they're negotiating that. What does that mean? What's to negotiate? If you're the University of West "by God" Virginia, you hold out your hand and, in your best Johnny the paperboy voice, say, "I want my four million dollars." End of story. Jimbo Fisher has a two million dollar buyout clause in his FSU contract. I guess West Virginia figures....it gets four million from Rodriguez (or the University of Michigan...whoever actually ponies up the cash) and pays two million of that to FSU to buy out Fisher's contract. They end up with a new coach and net two million dollars to the good side. What a deal!
I guess football coaches live in some alternate universe where contracts aren't contracts, and your word is worth less than the air you used to enunciate it.
What is it with football coaches? Nick Saban swears his allegiance to LSU and bolts for the Miami Dolphins, then does the exact same thing to go to Alabama. Butch Davis swears he's not leaving the University of Miami and before you can blink he's trolling the sidelines of the Cleveland Browns. Bobby Pinocchio demands commitment from his Atlanta Falcons team, telling them how they're all in this together, and then bolts before the end of his first season for Arkansas. Rumor has it, his name is in the ring for the West Virgina job, recently vacated by Rich Rodriguez who himself bolted for Michigan after proclaiming he wasn't going anywhere for a long time, and he hasn't coached a single practice yet. At least he hasn't come out and said he's staying at Arkansas yet. Jimbo Fisher is rumored to be the leading candidate for the West Virginia job, and just last week he signed a contract to stay at FSU to eventually replace Bobby Bowden.
I don't mind them moving on for a better job. I just mind them lying about it. If you can't say you're staying for a long time, don't say it. If you don't want to say you're leaving, don't say anything...but don't lie.
Then there's the whole buyout thing in contracts. Rodriguez has a 4 million dollar buyout clause in his West Virginia contract that basically says, if he leaves early, he has to pay the school four million dollars. He said they're negotiating that. What does that mean? What's to negotiate? If you're the University of West "by God" Virginia, you hold out your hand and, in your best Johnny the paperboy voice, say, "I want my four million dollars." End of story. Jimbo Fisher has a two million dollar buyout clause in his FSU contract. I guess West Virginia figures....it gets four million from Rodriguez (or the University of Michigan...whoever actually ponies up the cash) and pays two million of that to FSU to buy out Fisher's contract. They end up with a new coach and net two million dollars to the good side. What a deal!
I guess football coaches live in some alternate universe where contracts aren't contracts, and your word is worth less than the air you used to enunciate it.
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