Whoa, three (and then four) people that worked at the same place at some point in their careers acting like adults?! Seems like a foreign concept to some of you here
(Insert your punchline here)
Feel like this might've been a tad awkward.
SIAP.
PS. Chizik is a fairly interesting and entertaining follow on Twitter. Especially his recent posts about owning his status of Helicopter Dad by joining his daughters on their spring break trip to Mexico
Now he's just trolling:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This will make Cyclone fans heads swirl! In the lobby of a hotel in Auburn talking with Steve Leath and Gene Chizik, and in walks former Cyclone AD Bruce Van De Velda on a college visit with his daughter. Totally fate, could not make this up. Fun to see these former Cyclones! <a href="https://t.co/zwRQb7GvBA">pic.twitter.com/zwRQb7GvBA</a></p>— Jamie Pollard (@IASTATEAD) <a href="">March 28, 2018</a></blockquote>
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I have never seen Chizik and Steven Seagal in the same place, have you?He borrowed that shirt from Steven Seagal.
Nah. Morgan will be there sometime between the hours 12-4 for the dish install.Who’s next? He’ll randomly meet Wayne Morgan?
Dr. Leath had his official installation ceremony for his reign at Auburn. Pollard likely went as a guest of honor since the two worked together quite well.
He borrowed that shirt from Steven Seagal.
I mean sure, at the time im sure it was.
At the same time, its hard to blame him. He was sitting at 5-19, and who knows where it goes from there if things don't get better in a year or two. He gets an absolute dream job offer, with double the money annually and an extension of years. Plus it got him back to an area of the country he was clearly more comfortable in.
I would take that offer in a heartbeat, and I imagine 99% of people would take that as well. I would guess, after any hurt feelings in the moment, Jamie understands it was just business and an offer that was nearly impossible to refuse.
The statement wasn't why he left, it was how he left.
He had a very good reason to leave. He did not, however, need to leave in the fashion that he did.
I mean sure, at the time im sure it was.
At the same time, its hard to blame him. He was sitting at 5-19, and who knows where it goes from there if things don't get better in a year or two. He gets an absolute dream job offer, with double the money annually and an extension of years. Plus it got him back to an area of the country he was clearly more comfortable in.
I would take that offer in a heartbeat, and I imagine 99% of people would take that as well. I would guess, after any hurt feelings in the moment, Jamie understands it was just business and an offer that was nearly impossible to refuse.
Ask his kids’ teachers at Gilbert and they’d agree. They didn’t even get a chance to say good bye to friends.That's why I personally would have a hard time listening to one of his paid "motivational" speeches. He never manned up and said, "I made a mistake going to ISU and feel bad it wasn't a good fit for either of us." Instead, he barely said goodbye to his football players and then dissed ISU on his way out the door. Not very classy.
BVDV looks like Tom Randall there.My brain is having a hard time computing those pictures. Especially the second one.
I agree with taking the opportunity. It's the fact that he had one foot out the door the whole time that was lame.
Although he may have been CPR's best recruiter, so there's that.
Did he though?
I mean, any more than most other coaches?
He gets hit hard for 'firmly entrenched', but that was him remaining firmly in the job, until the day he is ready to leave.
The alternative is what we got with Hoiberg- a coach that makes it well known he's open to another job, doesn't commit to recruits that he'll be here, etc. More honest, but we're paying for some of that now in the recruiting damage it did.
It's a bold move by Chizik to wear a shirt made of his mom's living room drapes.
What the hell is Chizik wearing?