Comments on: Looking for Bobby (Petrino) http://cgabriel.com/2007/12/17/looking-for-bobby-petrino/ Lively Conversation. Engaging Interviews. A Breath of Fresh Air. The CGP. Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:58:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Scott http://cgabriel.com/2007/12/17/looking-for-bobby-petrino/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Scott Mon, 24 Dec 2007 13:32:48 +0000 http://blogharbor.wordpress.com/2007/12/17/looking-for-bobby-petrino/#comment-59 Here are my thoughts on coach loyalty - and everyone can disagree with me if they want - but coaches shouldn't be motivated in coaching decisions by a false sense of loyalty. The Falcons knew what they were getting when they hired him and Arkansas does too. These programs bear some of the responsibility for bringing him in. If my employer tried to tell me that I couldn't talk with other firms, I'd laugh in their face, and if a better opportunity came up I would take it without any sense of betrayal - but I still work hard when I'm at work and make personal sacrifices to get the job done. The system is inherently self-correcting. Petrino becomes less desirable with time because he is unreliable and Arkansas pays too much for a coach that will jump ship when its rough for the Razorbacks. But it is different when the coach is acting as a proxy for the program - i.e. selecting the staff. The personal loyalties of a coach should not interfere with the performance of the program. Mike Leach - a man of genius that a hate with every fiber of my being - fired his defensive coordinator after the loss to Oklahoma State. This guy had been with Leach since infancy and helped Leach get his first job, but Leach did what Tech needed him to do. Here are my thoughts on coach loyalty – and everyone can disagree with me if they want – but coaches shouldn’t be motivated in coaching decisions by a false sense of loyalty. The Falcons knew what they were getting when they hired him and Arkansas does too. These programs bear some of the responsibility for bringing him in. If my employer tried to tell me that I couldn’t talk with other firms, I’d laugh in their face, and if a better opportunity came up I would take it without any sense of betrayal – but I still work hard when I’m at work and make personal sacrifices to get the job done.

The system is inherently self-correcting. Petrino becomes less desirable with time because he is unreliable and Arkansas pays too much for a coach that will jump ship when its rough for the Razorbacks.

But it is different when the coach is acting as a proxy for the program – i.e. selecting the staff. The personal loyalties of a coach should not interfere with the performance of the program. Mike Leach – a man of genius that a hate with every fiber of my being – fired his defensive coordinator after the loss to Oklahoma State. This guy had been with Leach since infancy and helped Leach get his first job, but Leach did what Tech needed him to do.

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