Originalteabag
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I hear that a lot. Auburn, Arkansas and others are great coaching jobs. I think it is time that we define what a "good job" is.
A good job encompasses the following attributes.
1. Autonomy- Few coahing positions have this. This is by far the most underrated attribute. There are very few coaching jobs in the country which have autonomy. College football coaches are usually under the thumb of AD's, big money alums and bipolar fan bases. Trust me when I say that an established coach has a very hard time going from a position of autonomy to a position of subordination no matter how much he is getting paid.
2. Quality of life- Second most underrated. You can have all the money in the world but when life sucks the money does not help much. Don't believe this? Well there are plenty of coaches that can speak to this, unfortunately most of these coaches learned the hard way. Just look at how many coaches have aged 5 to 10 years in just a couple. Years that are hard to get back. Auburn fired a coach two years after winning a national championship. Fran found out the hard way what happens when you chase the "high profile" job. Arkansas ran there favorite son's out of town twice.
3. Best job versus the high profile job. It can be argued that some coaching jobs are good as well as high profile. Not many though.
The TCU fan base is worring about the wrong things. What has detroyed more football programs is incompetent AD's/Administrators with big egos. Texas Tech and the Cowboys come to mind. What TCU has done right is not let egos get in the way so as to piss off the head coach. Letting Gary run his show is probably the most underrated thing TCU has done.
The question is why would a Chris Peterson or Gary Patterson leave great jobs for so called high profile jobs. I really would like to know since the odds are low they could repeat the success they had at a Boise or TCU let alone have a good quality of life..
A good job encompasses the following attributes.
1. Autonomy- Few coahing positions have this. This is by far the most underrated attribute. There are very few coaching jobs in the country which have autonomy. College football coaches are usually under the thumb of AD's, big money alums and bipolar fan bases. Trust me when I say that an established coach has a very hard time going from a position of autonomy to a position of subordination no matter how much he is getting paid.
2. Quality of life- Second most underrated. You can have all the money in the world but when life sucks the money does not help much. Don't believe this? Well there are plenty of coaches that can speak to this, unfortunately most of these coaches learned the hard way. Just look at how many coaches have aged 5 to 10 years in just a couple. Years that are hard to get back. Auburn fired a coach two years after winning a national championship. Fran found out the hard way what happens when you chase the "high profile" job. Arkansas ran there favorite son's out of town twice.
3. Best job versus the high profile job. It can be argued that some coaching jobs are good as well as high profile. Not many though.
The TCU fan base is worring about the wrong things. What has detroyed more football programs is incompetent AD's/Administrators with big egos. Texas Tech and the Cowboys come to mind. What TCU has done right is not let egos get in the way so as to piss off the head coach. Letting Gary run his show is probably the most underrated thing TCU has done.
The question is why would a Chris Peterson or Gary Patterson leave great jobs for so called high profile jobs. I really would like to know since the odds are low they could repeat the success they had at a Boise or TCU let alone have a good quality of life..
