No kidding. It isn't all that embarrassing. It happened to South Carolina this week. It'll happen to other schools in the next few weeks.
SI reporting ISU working on deal with Campbell
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No kidding. It isn't all that embarrassing. It happened to South Carolina this week. It'll happen to other schools in the next few weeks.
CycloneErik
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Of course there is. It's a fans message board. That's what we do.
If you want concrete information only, then you'll have to wait until the deal is signed and over with. The whole fun of these boards is trying to figure out what's going on before you really have any clue.
While I think 1.5 is on the low end it isn't lowballing. We can also offer something higher if he needs it.
Also using one offer to up another is fine, but it has to be done in a way that doesn't hurt feelings.
The butthurt because a human does what most humans do is hilarious. Why wouldn't he browse around and do what's best for him and his bank account?
And Campbell might not take the job offering the most money. $2.5 or $2.6 million isn't some huge deal. And it's a hell of a lot easier to win in the SEC east.
Some of you want to blame Pollard for everything, but this is exactly the reason that I believe JP never liked using search firms in the past. Jamie could negotiate without giving the target's agent plausible deniability for leaked details. When a search firm is involved because Leath demanded it, now the other side can pull this leaked "48 hour" business trying to start a bidding war with interested parties.
I'm not so sure. It depends on what was said between the two parties. If Campbell's representative made it sound like a done deal and really wasn't negotiating in good faith then let him go.
At some point you just have to move on. The pool of choices shrinks every day as jobs get filled. Identify the guys you like, and be aggressive in getting them to Ames. If they don't want it--or they want to take days to look for other offers--they don't want it, and you have to continue looking.
This is Matt Campbell we are talking about here. He's a good coach, but not head and shoulders above everyone else, either. When it's time to move on you move on.
I am pretty sure JP will say whatever he has to say in order to save face. By my count, he has never admitted doing anything wrong or ever admitted even the slightest mistake. Anyone who claims JP did anything other than brilliance is explained away with a very condescending tone.
