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Post by DanMcQ on Jan 5, 2009 22:16:26 GMT -5
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Post by AustinHoya03 on Jan 5, 2009 22:59:27 GMT -5
"I think Jeff Jagodzinski did a great job here,'' said BC athletic director Gene DeFilippo late this afternoon. "But I want a person who wants to be at Boston College and who wants to stay here a long, long time. I thought I had that person.''
Good luck, Gene. Your search is going to take a long, long time.
If the firing indeed comes to pass, anyone want to set the over/under on the number of scholarship players BC loses?
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Post by The Stig on Jan 6, 2009 8:30:26 GMT -5
If they fire this guy, they'll never get another decent coach again. Coaches are an egotistical bunch - they all have bigger ambitions, and they'll never go to a school that will hinder their attempts to fulfill those ambitions.
Imagine if JTIII had pulled Roy's scholarship for putting his name in the NBA draft after his junior year. Not only would we have lost a great player, but we'd have lost every potential recruit who thought going to the NBA early was an option.
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Post by DanMcQ on Jan 6, 2009 10:25:57 GMT -5
The clowns on WEEI (sports radio in Boston) this morning countered a caller who said DeFilippo was a hypocrite who was getting a taste of his own medicine by saying what he did with the ACC was "for the good of the school" and that what Jagodzinski was doing was unethical and immoral.
Situational ethics indeed.
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Post by hoyarooter on Jan 6, 2009 12:40:35 GMT -5
Why are so many Bostonians idiots? (pejorative question not directed at anyone on this board)
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Post by hifigator on Jan 6, 2009 13:59:54 GMT -5
I can understand a company -- and in this case, Boston College is a "company" -- wanting their employees to be dedicated. I can understand them not wanting their employees to be busy exploring other employment opportunities. That being said, the coaching profession is not a typical job. It is almost a part of the job description to look at other coaching opportunities and the nature of the business is such that there are narrow windows when such interviews and searches will take place. In any case, I agree with those of you that say that if Boston College does fire him for taking an interview with another team, then it will certainly hurt them in the long run. At the very least, I would expect all future contracts to have clauses allowing such future interviews.
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Post by DFW HOYA on Jan 6, 2009 22:13:16 GMT -5
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Post by DanMcQ on Jan 7, 2009 0:32:10 GMT -5
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Post by hifigator on Jan 7, 2009 11:31:07 GMT -5
The whole thing just doesn't make a lot of sense to me. Again, I understand that in most job situations, you would want and demand loyalty. You wouldn't want your employees shopping themselves around for the best offer. If they are a "better" employee, then you would want to give them a raise/promotion/more perks or something. But it just seems to me that in the coaching world, this type of situation is an integral part of the entire arrangement. Theoretically, if BC is to fire Jagodzinski, then they will need to replace him. Where exactly, pray tell, do they expect to find a list of candidates? The unemployment line? It just simply doesn't make any sense. If you want to write a buy out clause into the contract, then that's fine. But to just expect that someone wouldn't interview for an NFL job, should they be asked is just unfathomable to me.
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Post by DanMcQ on Jan 7, 2009 12:28:54 GMT -5
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Post by AustinHoya03 on Jan 7, 2009 13:04:13 GMT -5
Unless he is breach of a specific clause in his contract, I can't believe BC's actions will go unchallenged. There doesn't appear to be a clause. From the article Dan recently posted: "Although there is nothing in Jagodzinski's five-year contract that bars him from talking to NFL teams, DeFilippo had made it clear when he hired Jagodzinski two years ago that he wanted a coach for the long term, not someone who would use the job as a steppingstone to an NFL job."It would therefore appear to me that DeFillipo's stupidity is going to cost the University a substantial amount of money, but contracts and employment law are hardly my area of expertise. Is there anyone out there qualified to give us the rundown of what will happen next?
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Post by DanMcQ on Jan 7, 2009 14:11:05 GMT -5
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Post by HoyaNyr320 on Jan 7, 2009 14:53:06 GMT -5
Unless he is breach of a specific clause in his contract, I can't believe BC's actions will go unchallenged. There doesn't appear to be a clause. From the article Dan recently posted: "Although there is nothing in Jagodzinski's five-year contract that bars him from talking to NFL teams, DeFilippo had made it clear when he hired Jagodzinski two years ago that he wanted a coach for the long term, not someone who would use the job as a steppingstone to an NFL job."It would therefore appear to me that DeFillipo's stupidity is going to cost the University a substantial amount of money, but contracts and employment law are hardly my area of expertise. Is there anyone out there qualified to give us the rundown of what will happen next? I'm only a 1L, but I'm in Contracts class right now (literally) and we're talking about the parol evidence rule... thank you DeFilippo for providing an interesting example and a sense of irony. I'll let the other law students and lawyers on the board explain the details since I'm just a lowly 1L. ;D
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Post by DanMcQ on Jan 7, 2009 16:27:08 GMT -5
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Post by vcjack on Jan 8, 2009 12:22:44 GMT -5
I guess losing to Vandy in a bowl game means you have to push your program into irrelevance.
I'd like to see a joint conference between Auburn and BC administrators on making excellent, rational and non emotional decisions
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Post by hoyarooter on Jan 8, 2009 12:39:48 GMT -5
I guess losing to Vandy in a bowl game means you have to push your program into irrelevance. I'd like to see a joint conference between Auburn and BC administrators on making excellent, rational and non emotional decisions Hilarious. I'd even be willing to pay to watch that.
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Post by Cambridge on Jan 8, 2009 14:12:11 GMT -5
So now BC will try to lure coaches at other schools to interview at BC while they remain under contract with their current coaching gig. Ah...the irony.
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Post by hoyainspirit on Jan 9, 2009 9:55:07 GMT -5
The Big East/ACC argument is truly difficult for BC to counter. Yet, it appears that Jagz no longer wishes to coach there. He apparently wants back into the NFL, even if it's not as a head coach. Though BC botched this, it's probably better that they part ways. BC just handled the situation so terribly.
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Post by SirSaxa on Jan 9, 2009 12:10:54 GMT -5
So now BC will try to lure coaches at other schools to interview at BC while they remain under contract with their current coaching gig. Ah...the irony. Yes, I was thinking the same thing Cambridge, especially when DeFilippo mentioned the "stack of resumes" from head coaches at other institutions. What a bozo.
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Post by AustinHoya03 on Jan 14, 2009 0:06:31 GMT -5
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