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Why Does UT’s $34 Million Head Coach Need a “Special Assistant”?
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<blockquote data-quote="Sangria Wine" data-source="post: 3124342" data-attributes="member: 227"><p>There are two perspectives to look at this situation from. One is from the perspective of somebody who understands what it’s actually like on the inside of a major sports team/program. The other is from the perspective of a jock-sniffer fan viewpoint where none of those guys on the field are real people with real relationships. And it is pretty much that binary. You don’t have to have been inside the machine to recognize and see that’s the situation. You just have to be a rational human who can realize what they all have gone through together.</p><p></p><p>I’m certain that TCU was a willing participant in letter Gary “wind down” after firing him. They didn’t want to alienate the many who were not in favor of firing him. They didn’t want to alienate the players on the team who loved the guy. They didn’t want to lose their position that they had mutually respect even in firing him. I can go on with many more reasons they’d want to let him linger for a couple of weeks and have him on the field for recognition, etc.</p><p></p><p>I can’t believe some of this storyline is even an argument. Gary was fired. The people who fired him certainly would rather that perspective be adjusted to some BS grey area just in case this decision blows up in their face. Those defending this grey area BS are just trying to pre-set the stage in case it blows up in my view. It’s a self preserving angle that takes the blame away for the firing. And that position is weaker than cat [ Finebaum ]. People in charge made a decision to fire GP and they are dang well in the position to make that decision. Now the program moves on in a new direction. But don’t reinvent what happened to fit some BS narrative.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sangria Wine, post: 3124342, member: 227"] There are two perspectives to look at this situation from. One is from the perspective of somebody who understands what it’s actually like on the inside of a major sports team/program. The other is from the perspective of a jock-sniffer fan viewpoint where none of those guys on the field are real people with real relationships. And it is pretty much that binary. You don’t have to have been inside the machine to recognize and see that’s the situation. You just have to be a rational human who can realize what they all have gone through together. I’m certain that TCU was a willing participant in letter Gary “wind down” after firing him. They didn’t want to alienate the many who were not in favor of firing him. They didn’t want to alienate the players on the team who loved the guy. They didn’t want to lose their position that they had mutually respect even in firing him. I can go on with many more reasons they’d want to let him linger for a couple of weeks and have him on the field for recognition, etc. I can’t believe some of this storyline is even an argument. Gary was fired. The people who fired him certainly would rather that perspective be adjusted to some BS grey area just in case this decision blows up in their face. Those defending this grey area BS are just trying to pre-set the stage in case it blows up in my view. It’s a self preserving angle that takes the blame away for the firing. And that position is weaker than cat [ Finebaum ]. People in charge made a decision to fire GP and they are dang well in the position to make that decision. Now the program moves on in a new direction. But don’t reinvent what happened to fit some BS narrative. [/QUOTE]
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