we should always want a rising star, whether coach or player, to stay with the program as long as possible
while being poached may be a defining event in terms of identifying the level to which the program has risen and in most instances is a positive identifying event as to the height and extent of benefit from that Coach or player, we should always strive to keep and continue receiving that benefit on the field until the longest possible moment as the poaching does absolutely nothing to quantify what we are getting from that Coach or player, it just ends it.
While I think, from the outside it looks like a dream job, I suspect the atmosphere over there is toxic. Probably lead to what caused Deggs problems in the first place. If I would be Deggs I would want to stay away from an environment like that.
One of the best parts of working in college athletics was getting to know the coaches and athletes on a personal level. What drives them, their goals, learning about their families, etc.
Fans generally only care about the program and its success, which is completely understandable. If Coach Deggs’ goal/dream is to be the HC at A&M or wherever one day, I hope it happens.
If his goal/dream is to lead this program and make a permanent home in Lafayette, I hope it happens.
He’s been open about what led him down that dark road. Think he and his family know better than any of us if an SEC HC job is for him.
In this changing landscape of college athletics, unless we suddenly get an influx of heavy donors, I hope we become THE place where the up and coming coaching stars come to launch themselves into a P4 job. I'll take a great young coach every 4-6 years that comes here and shows he is a star worthy of poaching. If we can't be the school with boatload of money to buy the big time players, give me the young hotshot coach every 4-6 years that can keep us at the top of G5
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