Kind of off-topic, but similar, Philip Rivers has been named head coach of St Michael Catholic High School in Fairhope. I had never heard of the school and had to look it up, it only began in 2016. Reading about the school, they have taken a very Hogwarts direction with the school being divided into 4 “houses” each named after early Bishops in Mobile. And as per the books, the house will compete for the “House Cup” each year.....

So that’s interesting...

(01-22-2021 09:46 AM)runninjoe Wrote:  This guy is a football coach in the truest form- morally deficient and decent at winning games. I wonder what Freeze and him talked about in 2011.

Whose morals are you judging him by?

Hudspeth resigned from Austin Peay for swinging with a players mom. It was consensual between all parties involved. That relationship ended sourly when Hudspeth cut the PWO player. His mother went to the administration and Hud was forced to resign.

What happened in Lafayette was different than what happened a Austin Peay. Political stances and alienating a large majority of his donor base, while not enforcing standards equally for players did him in at UL.

(01-22-2021 12:27 PM)geauxcajuns Wrote:  Hudspeth resigned from Austin Peay for swinging with a players mom. It was consensual between all parties involved. That relationship ended sourly when Hudspeth cut the PWO player. His mother went to the administration and Hud was forced to resign.

What happened in Lafayette was different than what happened a Austin Peay. Political stances and alienating a large majority of his donor base, while not enforcing standards equally for players did him in at UL.

I just assumed it was his record that got him fired. Once he could not cheat he was average at best

(01-22-2021 12:27 PM)geauxcajuns Wrote:  Hudspeth resigned from Austin Peay for swinging with a players mom. It was consensual between all parties involved. That relationship ended sourly when Hudspeth cut the PWO player. His mother went to the administration and Hud was forced to resign.

What happened in Lafayette was different than what happened a Austin Peay. Political stances and alienating a large majority of his donor base, while not enforcing standards equally for players did him in at UL.

Swings with players mom, cuts player.

Seems like more than a conflict of interest there. Not a good look when his recruiting trips are possible trips for not only recruiting players but also their mothers.

(01-22-2021 12:59 PM)ericsaid Wrote:  

(01-22-2021 12:27 PM)geauxcajuns Wrote:  Hudspeth resigned from Austin Peay for swinging with a players mom. It was consensual between all parties involved. That relationship ended sourly when Hudspeth cut the PWO player. His mother went to the administration and Hud was forced to resign.

What happened in Lafayette was different than what happened a Austin Peay. Political stances and alienating a large majority of his donor base, while not enforcing standards equally for players did him in at UL.

Swings with players mom, cuts player.

Seems like more than a conflict of interest there. Not a good look when his recruiting trips are possible trips for not only recruiting players but also their mothers.

At least he has moved to a more appropriate age

(01-22-2021 11:23 AM)BamaCajun Wrote:  

(01-22-2021 09:46 AM)runninjoe Wrote:  This guy is a football coach in the truest form- morally deficient and decent at winning games. I wonder what Freeze and him talked about in 2011.

Whose morals are you judging him by?

I could care less what he does between consenting adults although most people might find it morally deficient to sleep with player's moms.

Guess I'm not woke. I just find it interesting there seems to be a pattern among successful coaches of having some interesting and questionable vices.

(01-22-2021 07:02 PM)runninjoe Wrote:  

(01-22-2021 11:23 AM)BamaCajun Wrote:  

(01-22-2021 09:46 AM)runninjoe Wrote:  This guy is a football coach in the truest form- morally deficient and decent at winning games. I wonder what Freeze and him talked about in 2011.

Whose morals are you judging him by?

I could care less what he does between consenting adults although most people might find it morally deficient to sleep with player's moms.

Guess I'm not woke. I just find it interesting there seems to be a pattern among successful coaches of having some interesting and questionable vices.

We've definitely seen some remarkable falls from grace, but overall, I get the sense that coaches probably fit right in the usual bell curve of being human. I think we tend to remember the ridiculous situations and sometimes focus on the really successful coaches that seem to have zero skeletons, but we don't think about the fact that most coaches out there are just regular folks, trying but flawed.