Firebird
10-03-2007, 02:10 AM
Yet another gem from his press conference:
"I think sometimes people forget that you're a human being. I'm sensitive. I have feelings".
Here's my thoughts on that. College coaches know what the score is when they get into this gig. When you take a coaching job that pays you in the millions of dollars, that you perform in front of upwards of 70,000 fans, you know that you are going to be in the public eye. That's just part of the game plan. If you aren't ready to be scrutinized that way, and if your skin isn't thick enough to take what commentators and internet people like me say about you, then get the heck out of the game.
No one forced you into this. No one made you aspire to be a D-IA college football coach. No one tried to trick you. You know the score. If you win, you're the toast of the town, no one can stop singing your praises, and you get incredible compensation. If you lose, then you're the goat and you get canned. That's how the coaching game works, and Fran chose to get into it with his eyes wide open. Yes, the criticism gets rough and the expectations are high, much higher than for any other job-- but then again, the rewards for success are much higher than just about any other job out there.
Fran's getting paid more than about 95% of everyone else in the country, and he's getting paid for what is arguably one of the least important jobs out there, in the grand scheme of things. He's got no room to complain about how everyone is naughty and mean to him. If he wanted a nice, quiet job where no one said bad things about him, he should have explored other career options. But going into college coaching and then complaining about the heat you take from fans and pundits is about like opening a bar and then complaining that you have to work nights and weekends. It just goes with the territory.
It never stops with this guy. Just never stops.
"I think sometimes people forget that you're a human being. I'm sensitive. I have feelings".
Here's my thoughts on that. College coaches know what the score is when they get into this gig. When you take a coaching job that pays you in the millions of dollars, that you perform in front of upwards of 70,000 fans, you know that you are going to be in the public eye. That's just part of the game plan. If you aren't ready to be scrutinized that way, and if your skin isn't thick enough to take what commentators and internet people like me say about you, then get the heck out of the game.
No one forced you into this. No one made you aspire to be a D-IA college football coach. No one tried to trick you. You know the score. If you win, you're the toast of the town, no one can stop singing your praises, and you get incredible compensation. If you lose, then you're the goat and you get canned. That's how the coaching game works, and Fran chose to get into it with his eyes wide open. Yes, the criticism gets rough and the expectations are high, much higher than for any other job-- but then again, the rewards for success are much higher than just about any other job out there.
Fran's getting paid more than about 95% of everyone else in the country, and he's getting paid for what is arguably one of the least important jobs out there, in the grand scheme of things. He's got no room to complain about how everyone is naughty and mean to him. If he wanted a nice, quiet job where no one said bad things about him, he should have explored other career options. But going into college coaching and then complaining about the heat you take from fans and pundits is about like opening a bar and then complaining that you have to work nights and weekends. It just goes with the territory.
It never stops with this guy. Just never stops.