SHARK wrote:
As far as Bernstein's concerned, it's time we
"Stop Believing Coaches". You'll find the link here:
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2013/01/13/ ... g-coaches/This isn't really timely on the heels of Brian Kelly actually
not bailing on a job for once, because this time he said something and meant it. Also, Chip Kelly said he'd stay at Oregon and he did. And Nick Saban is probably staying at Alabama. Maybe we're simultaneously entering The Era Of The NFL College Coach
and The Era Of The College Coach Who Stays Put At A Good Job. But still, remain ever vigilant, just in case.
And who is the target audience here? Any sports fan knows college coaches are a bunch of duplicitous snakes. Sitting on flight trackers to see who's interviewing where has become a part of internet college sports fandom. Except for maybe like the starriest of the starry-eyed Notre Dame doofuses, no one believes these fuckers for a minute. I don't think the Naturally Superior Athletes down in the swamps of central Florida are gonna be like "man, I believed everything you told me about always being there for me till I read popular Chicago radio host Dan Bernstein's column about how I can't trust you. Now I don't."
Finally, there's the whole problem that even though college coaches being duplicitous snakes is accept
ed, that shouldn't make it accept
able. Why are we blaming fans for getting their hopes up that their program might get good and stay good, or Naturally Superior Athletes for putting trust into someone who sought them out to attend a university they'd otherwise have no business attending? Why can't we say that these toilet-paper contracts coaches sign are kind of ridiculous, that lives and prospective careers get derailed by sudden coaching changes, and that as regrettable as the status quo is, maybe it ought to be better for all parties involved -- other than the guys who get to flit away to the SEC and get their $5,000,000 to Matter So Much?
So to summarize:
1. You're an idiot if you thought Brian Kelly would stay.
2. Of course, he did stay.
3. But still, he might not have.
4. So shame on you for thinking he wouldn't leave, given the opportunity.
5. Loyalty is not to be admired; that's just failing to Monetize Everything.
6. Which is totally awesome.
7. But he should still leave you in the lurch if he can because you'd be mad if he lost games.
8. Coaches matter so much.
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