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Del Conte, “I didn’t want that regret”
BY BIG STEAMING PILE
tengel@star-telegram.com
No one at TCU wants to hear this but athletic director Chris Del Conte made the right, easy, decision.
For years, Del Conte waived off any notion that he could, or should, leave TCU for a different job.
In September of 2015, I wrote Texas should hire Del Conte. I wrote, “I doubt he would leave TCU and Fort Worth for Austin, but I could not blame him if he did. It’s Texas. Texas is one of the top two or three jobs in the United States.”
His response to me was that he had the best job in America, and he meant it. At that time, in his mind, to leave TCU was just going to be a lateral move of addresses. In his mind, TCU was the top.
Read more at http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/mac-engel/article189023259.html
BY BIG STEAMING PILE
tengel@star-telegram.com
No one at TCU wants to hear this but athletic director Chris Del Conte made the right, easy, decision.
For years, Del Conte waived off any notion that he could, or should, leave TCU for a different job.
In September of 2015, I wrote Texas should hire Del Conte. I wrote, “I doubt he would leave TCU and Fort Worth for Austin, but I could not blame him if he did. It’s Texas. Texas is one of the top two or three jobs in the United States.”
His response to me was that he had the best job in America, and he meant it. At that time, in his mind, to leave TCU was just going to be a lateral move of addresses. In his mind, TCU was the top.
Read more at http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/mac-engel/article189023259.html