RE: New Hires
[Scratch my original post]
Basically, at first glance, he treated it as if He asked them to leave or something. But parsing his words, actually, it's not actually Quite all that bad. YES, he should have chosen better words -- and it deserves to have an eyebrow raised, Definitely. But it can be interpreted in different ways. I had to erase my critique because of the way I was parsing my own more PC version of what he should have said, hence, what he was trying to say -- which made me realize he wasn't so crass:
ORIGINAL QUOTE P1:
"In our program we are always looking to upgrade both from a student-athlete perspective as well as staff members."
It's just as blunt to coaching staff as it is to the athletes. It makes the mistake of making the impression he was wink-wink/nudge-nudge wanting them to leave or something, when, that certainly wouldn't be the case for all, and I'm sure he's at least rolling his eyes in frustration of the concept of coaches jumping to P5 (especially for being a new coach first experiencing a lot of this, while wanting to make a Power G5). BUT, it's no different than with athletes, say, leaving to the NFL too early. Whether the athlete moves on to the NFL draft early and was awesome -- or not as good as previous year -- he's going to want replacements being better than the ones previously, and we all know in the world outside of Ohio State & Alabama, there's plenty of room for that for most teams... Especially in the G5.
ORIGINAL QUOTE P2:
"While I want to thank our former coaches who have moved on, we accomplished that goal of getting better as a staff and feel this will help us to our third straight No. 1 recruiting class ...."
We accomplished that goal of getter better as a staff -- part of this statement can imply the process from day 1 up until now... both past & present & future... so his angle is, it's not stopping here, just because some left because they were good. It doesn't mean our coaching staff is going to be lesser. Oh No, it's continuing to improve, just like the athletes. IMO, though, still, he should have said it a bit differently:
MY RECOMMENDED VERSION OF P2:
"I want to thank our former coaches who have moved on, as we accomplished that goal of getting better as a staff when we brought them on, and at the same time, I believe we have continued to do so with our new hires, which will help us to our third straight No. 1 recruiting class..."
(This post was last modified: 01-27-2016 01:02 PM by toddjnsn.)
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