Coaches talk about the portal

[Cuse69]

Yeah

I'm 38 and my first real job, I worked for the same company for thirteen years and was as loyal as they come. I truly believed I'd retire from there after forty plus years.

Yeah then reality hit.

Even after thirteen successful and hardworking, loyal years to the families that owned the business ... Starting out as a night manager on a salary that averaged $11.85 / hour and working sixty hour weeks in busy season, all the while my employees were making more than me with their OT. To getting capped financially because of the position I was in (ops / logistics) ... Finally breaking through, only to be told you are capped salary wise at 31 years of age with two young kids. Even still I maintained loyalty and worked hard, thinking long term and big picture.

Nope.

Let go when they started changing middle management around to position friends of the family and their kids.

I was crushed at the time. I had committed untold hours and energy to the company and the families. I truly believed the bullspit I was sold. I was a sucker.

And in the end it was the best thing for me. Here I am five years later, and I make more than double what I was making there, and have had the opportunity to interview for numerous C Level roles in the past year or so.

It took bouncing around a couple stops before where I am now to find something truly great and where I am happy.

Long story short.

I encourage all employees regardless of age or generation to look for what's best for them, even if it means bouncing around. Loyalty in business is dead. Employees have to do what is best for them, because ultimately everyone is replaceable.

Every business sure as hell is going to do what is best for them so why should we not be allowed to do what is best for us.

 

[NKR1978]

Coaches, for the most part, have bounced from job to job looking for a better situation for themselves. I’d love to see the names and careers of the guys quoted.
Most mid major coaches dream of P5 jobs.

 

[NKR1978]

Honestly, it’s similar workplace behavior that I’m seeing out of young professionals 25 and under. They’re all willing to job hop and jump to a new gig in pursuit of a “better title” and a few thousand dollars more, all after 6 or 7 months in a job. Gaining real experience and working hard isn’t really what that are after. Gen Z may become the “fake it and hope to make it” generation.

I have a small law firm. We were having trouble retaining staff because we’re largely in office even during covid as soon as we were allowed to. So we handed an a average $5000 raise to almost all of our support staff last summer. Suddenly they were happy.

If you lose a promising employee for $3000, you should have paid them more.

 

[NKR1978]

I’m sure it’s chaos behind the scenes, but it’s not rocket science to see which teams are built on transfers and are abusing it. Like Auburn and captain of ethics Bruce Pearl who has 4 of his top 6 in minutes from the portal.

All I’m seeing is that we could be a great team as early as next year if we had the right coach.

 

[OrlandoCuse]

I have a small law firm. We were having trouble retaining staff because we’re largely in office even during covid as soon as we were allowed to. So we handed an a average $5000 raise to almost all of our support staff last summer. Suddenly they were happy.

If you lose a promising employee for $3000, you should have paid them more.

No doubt. There’s a big shift in employment and people are using it to their advantage to get more money, either from within their current job or jumping to another. I have no issues with it. Experience is the one thing that’s getting thrown out the window.

 

[realorange]

Like Bruce Pearl? Just look at what he's done at Auburn--and Tennessee before that. We don't want anything close to that.

Several years ago, I was aware of a recruiting situation with a P5 school. The recruit was a very talented one and the school was traditionally highly ranked. The day before early signing, the coach called the recruits home and told his father they were looking forward to his son being on the team. He was told that if there was $xx,xxx. for him tomorrow he'd be there. Father was told that the school didn't operate that way and the recruit signed with another well known basketball school the next day.

Today, we have cover for coaches/schools like Pearl who can now promise a kid that Joe Blow Industries will pay him xxxxxxx to "advertise" for them.

 

[NKR1978]

No doubt. There’s a big shift in employment and people are using it to their advantage to get more money, either from within their current job or jumping to another. I have no issues with it. Experience is the one thing that’s getting thrown out the window.

Getting my partners to wake up to the modern world has been really difficult. About 4 years ago we had the opportunity to hire a really talented young attorney. We came in $2500 under her very reasonable salary requirement.

I moved around a good amount early in my career and learned the grass isn’t always greener; but it was my lesson to learn. Some of these kids are going to make bad choices, but I’m glad that they have the right to make them.

 

[Cheriehoop]

Crazy stuff. Outside advisors to these kids are really a net negative.

Guerrier’s Canadian advisor should be sued by Quincy.

 

[OmahaCuse]

We miss Braswell, he is a more complete player than Swider. Would have been very happy with QG and RB at forwards this year with Cole coming off the bench

 

[FireballPhil]

With all due respect, your comments about Gen Z are at best uncharitable, and at worst a load.

There are tons of Gen Zers that bust their tails. But they're also savvy enough to observe that the game is rigged and that the truisms they were raised with aren't often true.

Send some of these tail busters out to Iowa will ya. Even the farm kids now days do not want to work much, and are shocked when they actually have to do anything. They move from job to job looking for the job they can get paid for dong nothing. Best workers by far are those 40 and above. Not only best workers but in many ways smarter and more innovative.

 

[5OutFred]

Like Bruce Pearl? Just look at what he's done at Auburn--and Tennessee before that. We don't want anything close to that.

Several years ago, I was aware of a recruiting situation with a P5 school. The recruit was a very talented one and the school was traditionally highly ranked. The day before early signing, the coach called the recruits home and told his father they were looking forward to his son being on the team. He was told that if there was $xx,xxx. for him tomorrow he'd be there. Father was told that the school didn't operate that way and the recruit signed with another well known basketball school the next day.

Today, we have cover for coaches/schools like Pearl who can now promise a kid that Joe Blow Industries will pay him xxxxxxx to "advertise" for them.

You don't want anything close to a #1 ranking? Please.

Recruiting has always been largely $ motivated for top programs, NIL is just making that public knowledge. You MUST adapt utilizing NIL. Or, you can recruit mid-tier players and hope you "develop" them. Rarely works. Talent wins. Adapt.

 

[Sherman20]

Are insinuating there was tampering with Kadary?

Not sure if you’re being sarcastic, lol. But Most definitely.

 

[rrlbees]

You don't want anything close to a #1 ranking? Please.

Recruiting has always been largely $ motivated for top programs, NIL is just making that public knowledge. You MUST adapt utilizing NIL. Or, you can recruit mid-tier players and hope you "develop" them. Rarely works. Talent wins. Adapt.

Who needs to adapt? Business and individuals?

 

[Cuse181]

Not sure if you’re being sarcastic, lol. But Most definitely.

I think he was gone regardless. Now Thompson, that was tampering.