ridiculous wrote:
Coaches News Network wrote:
I'm guessing you aren't a coach to have written your post.
I guarantee you aren't a coach to have written your post. Go talk to some actual coaches and see what they think about Devin West's career ladder. Report back when you find 1 that approves of it.
People disparage coaches who change positions, but where is the anguish for coaches who are sent packing when a new head coach takes over and cleans house?
West is on like his 8th job in 9 years. How many of those changes were due to a new coach cleaning house. I believe that number is 0.
DI coach here and I am absolutely in agreement with Coaches Network here. Look, Coaching is a fickle profession and job openings that are a perfect match for what the coach really want are rare- so we take what we can get, do our best with the athletes there and try to bring in some talent and leave the program with some value for our time. When another position opens up that is a “better fit” we need to take it or else we might spend a career working for a place that is just “ok”. Not our favorite place to live, not the best pay, and not the best scholarship situation.
Climbing the coorperate latter usually only involves one or two ladders and is a very normal thing. The coaching ladder is actually multiple ladders and spread out a bit- shouldn’t be frowned upon and athletic departments understand this well- thus annual contracts are the norm and not multi year deals.
Athletes are getting coaches supplied for them and good ones usually, since the profession is getting very competitive, so coaches need to look after themselves and their families no matter how many stops that takes along the way.