garyv
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Posted from the NC Tarheel Board on Scout talking about Brian Baker switching from DL Coach at NC to DL for the Dallas Cowboys. In my opinion anytime someone goes from a positional Coach at the College Level to positional Coach for an NFL Team people have got to realize usually this is called a "PROMOTION". Usually there is a few more dollars involved and much more prestige. I just think it's funny that someone and so many people make a big deal out of a guy bettering himself. Of course there's no Sour Grapes
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Posted: Yesterday 5:01 PM
Morally & Ethically Wrong
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Now that it’s official, I’ve got no problem calling this move by Baker morally and ethically WRONG. And this is not sour grapes. In fact, it’s not about us at all. It’s about the coaching culture and our society. I don’t care if he was offered a job coaching the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders. It’s not ok to even entertain an offer, no matter how enticing, once you’ve made a written or oral commitment to another.
It’s really disappointing to repeatedly witness decisions like this made by college coaches, pro coaches, and men in general. We, as men, are supposed to be setting a good example for our own kids and for the kids of others. We’re supposed to be teaching them about being men and women. How many times have we heard our players and those on other teams talk about a coach being like a second father or like the father they never had? How can we expect our student-athletes to make sound responsible decisions during their four or five-year college careers when their coaches are placing career and money above ethics? How can we possibly expect seventeen and eighteen-year-old kids to honor their verbal commitments when they see adult men ignoring similar commitments daily?
Boy would it have been refreshing to see Baker come out and say that he is turning down a prestigious pro job and Jerry Jones’ money because honoring a prior commitment is the right thing to do. I can guarantee that our student-athletes would have taken notice. Our society would have taken notice.
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Posted: Yesterday 5:01 PM
Morally & Ethically Wrong
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Now that it’s official, I’ve got no problem calling this move by Baker morally and ethically WRONG. And this is not sour grapes. In fact, it’s not about us at all. It’s about the coaching culture and our society. I don’t care if he was offered a job coaching the Dallas Cowboy Cheerleaders. It’s not ok to even entertain an offer, no matter how enticing, once you’ve made a written or oral commitment to another.
It’s really disappointing to repeatedly witness decisions like this made by college coaches, pro coaches, and men in general. We, as men, are supposed to be setting a good example for our own kids and for the kids of others. We’re supposed to be teaching them about being men and women. How many times have we heard our players and those on other teams talk about a coach being like a second father or like the father they never had? How can we expect our student-athletes to make sound responsible decisions during their four or five-year college careers when their coaches are placing career and money above ethics? How can we possibly expect seventeen and eighteen-year-old kids to honor their verbal commitments when they see adult men ignoring similar commitments daily?
Boy would it have been refreshing to see Baker come out and say that he is turning down a prestigious pro job and Jerry Jones’ money because honoring a prior commitment is the right thing to do. I can guarantee that our student-athletes would have taken notice. Our society would have taken notice.
