yet another great college football coaching move in the making
So after Auburn showed the country exactly what not to do with a guy who is arguably one of the best coaches in college football, Boston College is struggling to follow in their footsteps.
Jeff Jagodzinski, coach of the Boston College Eagles is apparently pretty good at his job. He's led the Eagles to their conference championship game the last two years, and garnered enough attention to be asked to interview for an NFL job with the New York Jets. He's a long shot for the job and probably won't get it, but he was asked to interview nonetheless.
The Athletic Director at Boston College gave him an ultimatum. If you go and interview, you'll be fired. Now, why paint youself in that corner? If the guy intrviews, you haven't left yourself an out.
He did go and interview, and it appears he will be fired.
Now, if you're Boston College, aren't you trying hard to put yourself in the same "stupid move" category once populated by only one school from Alabama? Jagodzinski, for his own experience and future, ought to go and interview. He ought to go on as many interviews as possible. It's good experience. He's probably not going to get this job, but he might get one (assuming he stays successful at B.C.) next year, or the year after. In the meantime, you get a very successful coach. If and when the day comes that he does leave for an NFL job, the guy you replace him with is smart enough to see that you support your coaches and like to see them succeed, to the point where they may go to the next level. Now, you're firing him. You have to replace him just like you would have if he interviewed and actually got the job. You've gained nothing. In fact, you've lost, because any potential coach sees you as a stifling institution that would like nothing more than to hold them back. Good luck finding an aggressive, motivated, success driven guy with that philosophy.
Jeff Jagodzinski, coach of the Boston College Eagles is apparently pretty good at his job. He's led the Eagles to their conference championship game the last two years, and garnered enough attention to be asked to interview for an NFL job with the New York Jets. He's a long shot for the job and probably won't get it, but he was asked to interview nonetheless.
The Athletic Director at Boston College gave him an ultimatum. If you go and interview, you'll be fired. Now, why paint youself in that corner? If the guy intrviews, you haven't left yourself an out.
He did go and interview, and it appears he will be fired.
Now, if you're Boston College, aren't you trying hard to put yourself in the same "stupid move" category once populated by only one school from Alabama? Jagodzinski, for his own experience and future, ought to go and interview. He ought to go on as many interviews as possible. It's good experience. He's probably not going to get this job, but he might get one (assuming he stays successful at B.C.) next year, or the year after. In the meantime, you get a very successful coach. If and when the day comes that he does leave for an NFL job, the guy you replace him with is smart enough to see that you support your coaches and like to see them succeed, to the point where they may go to the next level. Now, you're firing him. You have to replace him just like you would have if he interviewed and actually got the job. You've gained nothing. In fact, you've lost, because any potential coach sees you as a stifling institution that would like nothing more than to hold them back. Good luck finding an aggressive, motivated, success driven guy with that philosophy.
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