Bottom Of The Barrel

Too bad contracts weren't really contractual

Former Boston College football coach Jeff Jagodzinski was hired 2 years ago, without any college head coaching experience, and given a 5 year contract. He was asked by BC athletic director Gene DeFilippo to not interview with any NFL teams and to instead focus on his job at the college. While Jagodzinski has aspirations to be a coach in the NFL, h also has 3 years left on his current contract that he signed in good faith with the college back in 2007. Jagodzinski did not respect the wishes of his employer and visited with the New York Jets to interview for their opening as a head coach. Well yesterday Jagodzinski received news that most people would when they defy their employer - your fired [wonder if DeFilippo used the Trump Cobra in the process??].

This is a sad story for the college who have been trying to continually build their program into a top 20 program but unfortunately Jagodzinski was only concerned for himself. I personally applaud BC for manning up and sending the coach packing. This shows that they are committed to building something and not just being a stepping stone for inexperienced coaches. Maybe Jagodzinski will get that dream job or maybe NFL owners will see a man who is only watching out for himself and has no locality to his employer.

Labels: Sports

posted by TheWino @ 5:31 PM