Interesting read on the college coaches

[FeatheredCock]

Matt Luke Left the Toils of College Coaching to Be a Dad—and He Won’t Be the Last​

Year-round recruiting, nonstop demands and exorbitant salaries have NCAA football coaches leaving the industry.

Matt Luke is dressed in a blue polo shirt, khaki shorts and flip-flops. He’s sipping coffee and munching on breakfast at a place called Mama’s Boy in Athens, Ga. Soon, he’ll go for a workout and then scoop up his youngest son from school and drive him to an arcade across town. Tomorrow, he might play some golf, and over the weekend, he’ll watch his boys play travel baseball. (READ FULL ARTICLE)

 

[kingofnerf]

Maybe Luke knows how to work harder more than working smarter, which may be why he couldn't handle the HC stuff.

I just go back to Spurrier talking about his staff having the time to go to the beach and stuff when things were rolling good for his teams.

I am sure the pressure and stress are there, but most of us have to work year-round in our regular jobs and there are as many ways to handle stress as there are people. Not everyone knows what they're doing, either, and a new job is not necessarily a good thing for people in those situations.

Most people with traditional jobs don't have buy-outs if they aren't able to do their jobs for one reason or another. Most coaches don't have the luxury of Luke's situation at UGA, either.

The greed running rampant college sports is just ridiculous right now.

 

[FurmanCock]

I'm not sure Matt Luke is to blame...fans drive coaches salaries. For all accounts, Luke was a good position coach for 15+ years, became a head coach at his alma mater, Ole Miss, and inherited the Hugh Freeze mess which came with 3 years of NCAA probation. scholarship reductions, and post season bans. Not a great scenario to judge his coaching effectiveness by wins and losses. The man made bank, doesn't need to work, and has the option of spending time with his family. Sounds like his priorities are pretty much spot on.