Orangeyes
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Murphy's $210,000 buyout was the obstacle
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Whitey23
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How does it make the Magic look bad? They were just trying to hire a scout/assistant. He was the one willing to interview and accept the position.
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Agreed. Now he's stuck at a place where everyone knows he wanted out. How many years are left on his contract?
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1. Eastern Michigan athletic director Derrick Gragg had all the leverage with his head coach, Rob Murphy. If Murphy truly wanted to leave for an Orlando Magic scouting job he could but his contract stated he had to pay $210,000 to leave, according to the Detroit News. Multiple sources also confirmed Murphy wasn't going to get out of paying the fee. So, Murphy opted to remain and he did say in a statement that Gragg assured him the school is "continuing on the path of building a strong foundation for our basketball program." Well, that's fine if Murphy wanted to get a strong commitment. But the time to do so isn't in August. Coaches complain all the time when a player opts to transfer at an inopportune time in the spring or even summer. Had Murphy bolted on his staff and players on the eve of the fall semester it would have been even more egregious. Murphy can leave when he wants but there are consequences, especially financially. He also was leaving for a non-coaching position. Murphy will have to work even harder now to show where his loyalties lie this season to those that gave him a chance as a head coach. EMU did win the MAC West Division, but were under .500 overall in Murphy's one MAC coach of the year stint. Had he left in the spring then there would have been time to recover. But not now. He made the ethical choice to stay. Now the onus is on him to show his commitment to this season.
1. Eastern Michigan athletic director Derrick Gragg had all the leverage with his head coach, Rob Murphy. If Murphy truly wanted to leave for an Orlando Magic scouting job he could but his contract stated he had to pay $210,000 to leave, according to the Detroit News. Multiple sources also confirmed Murphy wasn't going to get out of paying the fee. So, Murphy opted to remain and he did say in a statement that Gragg assured him the school is "continuing on the path of building a strong foundation for our basketball program." Well, that's fine if Murphy wanted to get a strong commitment. But the time to do so isn't in August. Coaches complain all the time when a player opts to transfer at an inopportune time in the spring or even summer. Had Murphy bolted on his staff and players on the eve of the fall semester it would have been even more egregious. Murphy can leave when he wants but there are consequences, especially financially. He also was leaving for a non-coaching position. Murphy will have to work even harder now to show where his loyalties lie this season to those that gave him a chance as a head coach. EMU did win the MAC West Division, but were under .500 overall in Murphy's one MAC coach of the year stint. Had he left in the spring then there would have been time to recover. But not now. He made the ethical choice to stay. Now the onus is on him to show his commitment to this season.
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Please. EMU is a steppingstone and everyone knows it. Schools like that know that any and every hire is just a gypsy looking to move onward and upward.