Overextended: Why schools rush to extend coach contracts (Russo - AP)

[huskymedic]

Interesting read:
Overextended: Why schools rush to extend coach contracts

 

[whaler11]

Haven’t read yet but President’s and ADs are political animals and not business people and are terrible at figuring out who has leverage and are scared of their own inability to replace coaches.

In short - they are too scared to make hard decisions so they make easy ones.

 

[huskymedic]

Example?

 

[whaler11]

Example?

100%.

Since the article came to the exact same conclusion I did before I read it... A+ for Ralph Russo.

 

[CL82]

"You make the bad hire and you can end up getting fired," Lattinville said. "If I've got somebody who's good or good enough that's a whole lot better than risking your career on the next hire you make."

America has become a nation of middle of managers. Excellence is less important than not making a mistake.

 

[Wordbomar]

Sooooo don't sign someone who is 8-17 in first two years to an extension? got it.

 

[noeynox]

This phenomenon kills me. Diaco should have never sniffed an extension after a 6-7, year. A school like uconn is better off letting a coach walk or letting him get closer than walking rather re-signing early. If he's that good you probably can't keep him here no how.