Pat Forde: Loyalty in college athletics is for suckers
Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 9:38 amThis Lane Kiffin episode is a stark reminder for you sunshiners who think the sun rises and sets on June Jones, that you should NEVER, NEVER become attached at the hip with a head coach even in their years of great success. These guys can leave in a heartbeat if something better comes along.
And if they leave, there's not a stinking thing you can do about it. About 5 years ago, I decided to just kind of let the coaches of the programs I support come in, get settled, run their program and watch them leave and to never let my personal feelings get in the way of this. Frankly, it's not worth it.
The tide of college coaching has changed where it is becoming more and more transient. Some of you need to put down the facial tissue and stop trying to wipe Jones' nose.
For the record, this is my stance on Jones:
1. I don't like his offense. Give me a power-I formation that emphasizes running the ball.
2. I'm not fired up about him personally based on the several face-to-face encounters I had with him. And that's OK. He doesn't have to appeal to all of us universally.
3. He does a great job with quarterbacks and getting kids to play for him because he believes in his system.
4. I hope he succeeds here and SMU returns to the glory days of the early 1980s because my first loyalty is to the success of SMU athletics. That will never change regardless of who is coaching whichever program.
5. I do believe that he can accomplish here in 5 years what it took TCU 10 years to accomplish.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/s ... id=4820927
And if they leave, there's not a stinking thing you can do about it. About 5 years ago, I decided to just kind of let the coaches of the programs I support come in, get settled, run their program and watch them leave and to never let my personal feelings get in the way of this. Frankly, it's not worth it.
The tide of college coaching has changed where it is becoming more and more transient. Some of you need to put down the facial tissue and stop trying to wipe Jones' nose.
For the record, this is my stance on Jones:
1. I don't like his offense. Give me a power-I formation that emphasizes running the ball.
2. I'm not fired up about him personally based on the several face-to-face encounters I had with him. And that's OK. He doesn't have to appeal to all of us universally.
3. He does a great job with quarterbacks and getting kids to play for him because he believes in his system.
4. I hope he succeeds here and SMU returns to the glory days of the early 1980s because my first loyalty is to the success of SMU athletics. That will never change regardless of who is coaching whichever program.
5. I do believe that he can accomplish here in 5 years what it took TCU 10 years to accomplish.
http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/columns/s ... id=4820927
