Can everybody be quiet about Art Briles?

I am not firmly in the Briles camp, but it does appear he was the fall guy in that mess. Definitely would not disqualify him.

And you dont tell us what to do!
 
smokey_wasp said:
I am not firmly in the Briles camp, but it does appear he was the fall guy in that mess. Definitely would not disqualify him.

And you dont tell us what to do!
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Jacketeer said:
I keep on seeing this suggestion. I don't want that dude anywhere near our program. No thanks.
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Any particular reason? Do you believe he did something wrong at Baylor? Is he a bad coach? Or is it just the PR stink you're worried about?
 
It's like Tech can't hire a well known coach that had success unless the coach has some tarnish. Like why would a successful, "clean" coach come to Tech?
 
TechRush said:
It's like Tech can't hire a well known coach that had success unless the coach has some tarnish. Like why would a successful, "clean" coach come to Tech?
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We could probably even lowball his offer, given he got an 18 million dollar golden parachute from Baylor.
 
On August 28, 2017, Briles was hired by the Canadian Football League's Hamilton Tiger-Cats as assistant head coach for offense. Briles used a letter from the Baylor legal department in his efforts to secure a job with the Tiger-Cats. However, in the face of a firestorm of criticism and pressure from league officials, the TiCats reversed course hours later and announced Briles would not join the team.

TiCats owner Bob Young conceded that night that hiring Briles had been "a major blunder," and credited CFL Commissioner Randy Ambrosie with persuading the team to rescind the hire. The following day, Young issued a statement apologizing for "a large and serious mistake." CEO and general manager Scott Mitchell said that team officials got so focused on "the inner sanctum of football discussions" that they forgot about the larger questions of "our standing in the community."
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Thanks but I'll pass.
 
We'd take some criticism, largely based on misinformation, but who cares? We already get criticized now for our blocking, so might as well not be losers as well.
 
Remember what happened at Tennessee when they tried to hire Greg Schiano? I feel like we’d get exactly the same backlash from the fan base at large and we just don’t need that right now.
 
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