Nick Anderson retweeted
The divorce rate among college and NFL coaches is estimated at 60 to 70 percent.
Joshua Eargle has coached 23 years. Five FBS bowl games. Thirteen players to the NFL. His wife, Kristen, has moved with him through 14 programs. One of their children, Landrey, has had 23 hospitalizations and needs around-the-clock care.
They have been with programs where the kids weren't welcome at the office. Their children went several days without seeing their father.
Now Eargle is building the first football program at Texas A&M-Texarkana. He hung a motto on it: "All families. All the time. Always welcome."
When a coach gets the job, his family gets the lifestyle. Nobody asks them first.
Been to a few college graduations recently …not sure why they have speakers. Embarrassing to say the least. Just hand out the diplomas and be done with the political drama. It’s getting out of hand. Move on.
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Nick Anderson retweeted
I think coaches telling players they don’t like the mid range is one of the most ignorant statements in all of basketball. I would never let my kid play for a coach that felt this way.
Coaches have to make quicker decisions these days and don’t have enough time to truly evaluate which also includes the girlfriend. 😉
Sat in a recruiting meeting once where the conversation about a kid lasted 45 seconds.
His film was good. His measurables checked every box. His grades were fine.
The position coach put his name up, two assistants said "I have heard he is a problem," and the head coach said move on.
45 seconds.
That kid never knew why the offer he expected never came. He spent his whole senior year wondering
what happened.
Coaches are not just building rosters. They are building locker rooms. Every offer is a bet on who you are as a person, not just as a player.
Act accordingly.
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