So today, Lane Kiffen leaves for LSU after leading Ole Miss to a top 5 ranking and a chance for the CFP title. It seems coaches more often than not chase the money instead of staying at one institution for a lo g time.WHY?
To me its relatively simple. Fan bases are very panicky, especially if you only win 8 games in a season. Big boosters are spoiled thi king they run the program. In my lifetime as a Penn State fan, Joe Paterno was always there in up times and down. not chasing every dollar he could have gotten. He donated alot of his earnings back to the university and what thanks did he get? He got blamed for transgressions that an assistant coach was jailed for suffering indignation that completely ruined his career and forced him into retirement and carrying that to his death soon thereafter. There's no more duty to the school who puts you on a pedestal. It's all about the Benjamins now. Eight years seems to be the limit. Players leave, coaches leave. HASING the life changing money is the real goal. JMU'S Coach Chesney is making decent money for a sun Belt school but soon could be looking at $million per year from UCLA OR Penn State. Goodbye Harrisonburg Stepping Stone University. I wish him the best because that is where they are as a destination. Not enough deep pockets yet to keep our great coaches. The AD probably is already making a list of who the coach could be next year. Good luck.
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