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Cheat or Go Home: Inside the 'Dysfunctional Hell' of Becoming a CFB Coach
Cheat or Go Home: Inside the 'Dysfunctional Hell' of Becoming a CFB Coach | Bleacher Report
"Dysfunctional hell."
That's how he describes it, years later.
The coach, in his first days on the job at one of college football's most prominent programs, walked into the office of the former staff's recruiting coordinator and stared at the big board. He asked who the most important player available was, and he was pointed toward a 5-star defensive lineman who was down to three schools.
The program was struggling, falling further behind its conference rivals and bleeding relevance with each passing day. Sonofagun, he needed that kid.
Three days later, he had the recruit and his father in his office.
The father plopped down on the sofa and laid out what it would take for this thirtysomething first-time head coach to earn his son's letter of intent.
"His father told me it would take 'more than words,'" the coach remembers. "I said, 'I promise you there is nothing more valuable than my word.'
"He said to me, 'A man's word only holds as much weight as his wallet.'"
Dysfunctional hell.
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Is it possible to win in college football without cheating?
To get a sense of the landscape that programs and their potential coaches are facing, Bleacher Report posed this question to more than 30 current and former FBS head coaches—most of whom chose to remain anonymous for fear of harming their current or previous universities.
The overwhelming answer: Probably not. At least not right away.
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I know it's Bleacher Report but this is an interesting article. Nothing ground breaking but a timely perspective on the landscape of coaching in CFP today. Everyone should read.
Doesn't this reality limit who wants to coach at ND? Charlie Strong does it the right way, is a good coach, but gets fired within 3 years.
Cheat or Go Home: Inside the 'Dysfunctional Hell' of Becoming a CFB Coach | Bleacher Report
"Dysfunctional hell."
That's how he describes it, years later.
The coach, in his first days on the job at one of college football's most prominent programs, walked into the office of the former staff's recruiting coordinator and stared at the big board. He asked who the most important player available was, and he was pointed toward a 5-star defensive lineman who was down to three schools.
The program was struggling, falling further behind its conference rivals and bleeding relevance with each passing day. Sonofagun, he needed that kid.
Three days later, he had the recruit and his father in his office.
The father plopped down on the sofa and laid out what it would take for this thirtysomething first-time head coach to earn his son's letter of intent.
"His father told me it would take 'more than words,'" the coach remembers. "I said, 'I promise you there is nothing more valuable than my word.'
"He said to me, 'A man's word only holds as much weight as his wallet.'"
Dysfunctional hell.
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Is it possible to win in college football without cheating?
To get a sense of the landscape that programs and their potential coaches are facing, Bleacher Report posed this question to more than 30 current and former FBS head coaches—most of whom chose to remain anonymous for fear of harming their current or previous universities.
The overwhelming answer: Probably not. At least not right away.
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I know it's Bleacher Report but this is an interesting article. Nothing ground breaking but a timely perspective on the landscape of coaching in CFP today. Everyone should read.
Doesn't this reality limit who wants to coach at ND? Charlie Strong does it the right way, is a good coach, but gets fired within 3 years.
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