As the game started slipping away from BC on Saturday, Steve Levy and Brian Griese started rolling out the media narrative about how hard it is to win at BC. Many of those points are all familiar to your average BC fan -- "facilities," "Boston being a pro sports town," and of course "admissions and academic challenges." At this point, I am so sick of hearing these things.
Every program in college football has some sort unique challenge. But anyone paying attention would also realize that each job has its own unique benefits. What also frustrates me is that recent BC coaches (and their staffers) have been some of the biggest sources of spreading these talking points. Call me cynical, but most of that is self-serving garbage that the coaches use to lower expectations and make their accomplishments look better. And watch, if and when BC makes a coaching change, you will read many media types and BC fans say "BC is a terrible job and no one will want it." More nonsense.
Fortunately there are some BC-connected folks who know better. Take a look at this interview Tim Hasselbeck did with WEEI. Tim knows that these Power 5 jobs don't grow on trees. There are hundreds of qualified guys who would kill to coach at BC. And even beyond the chance to run your own team, Hasselbeck also reminds everyone that the BC Head Coach makes $2.5 million a year! Even in a world where Alabama's assistant associate long-snapper advisor makes $500k, $2.5 million is a lot of money. Even if you worry about the Greater Boston cost of living, $2.5 million is a lot of money. Plenty of people want and will want Addazio's job. The sharks are already circling. So if we don't make a change or hire another loser, it won't be because of coaching salary or because Boston is a pro town. It will be because our leaders fail to execute...which is a different problem all together.
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Dead on. None of these talking heads was saying shit 10 years ago when Matty Ryan had BC at #2 in the country. You can win at BC. It has been done. Talking of academic restraints while BC is playing ND of all people is beyond silly. While they might have easier entrance than BC, that is debatable. Again, just look at Stanford. When they were losing year in and year out, it was because of their academic requirements. When they become a national power, it was because of their academics and their beautiful campus. Its all BS.
PLENTY of people, established and up-and-comers, will come after the BC job hard. The test will be whether or not we make the right hire or instead eff up and hire a career assistant coach in his 60's, or an overrated blowhard who just came off a .500 year at Temple.
For years, it was true that good coaches succeed at BC -- for football and basketball, but let's just concentrate on football for the moment. When we hire a good coach, we win.
Is that still true about BC football? The answer is that we don't know. Here are the issues that are raised about the program:
(1) A pro sports city -- this has absolutely no affect whatsoever on the quality of the football program. Anybody who says otherwise is an idiot or has other motives.
(2) Academic restrictions -- BC has fewer academic restrictions than the following football programs, each of which is in better shape than we are: Stanford, Duke, Vanderbilt, Northwestern, Wake Forest. Two of those schools are in our conference.
(3) The difficulty of the ACC -- at the moment this might be a significant impediment to success. These things are cyclical to some degree, but BC has never played four guaranteed games against the following perennially high-quality programs: FSU, Clemson, Va Tech, and Louisville. Sometimes, Miami or a good UNC or another randomly good ACC school will be added to that mix. Those are four schools that we play yearly who have significant structural and athletic advantages. A good coach should not shy away from that task, but we can't deny its seriousness.
(4) The school's commitment to major conference athletics. This is a major question-mark. I think Jaramond is a good sign, and so is breaking ground on the indoor practice facility. But BC has postponed the tough decisions with its athletic program (i.e., which sports to cut, as we have more than we can support) while being pennywise and pound foolish on just about every other decision. A school that hires a coach who was 4-7 at Temple? That does not gain credibility in NCAA circles. A school that hires a head basketball coach who failed badly in his prior major conference (TCU) while having moderate success in the MAC? Again, no credibility. Despite ATL's suggestions otherwise, every major athletic decision that has been made at BC recently has been made by Fr. Leahy. He is the only material decisionmaker. Is it a safe bet to sign up to work at a school with that power structure? Maybe it's less of a wildcard than the political whirlwind of a major state school, but his investment in the success of the program is very questionable.
A coach worth hiring is one who sees the potential to win at BC. We need to give signals of that potential by changing the landscape on this 4th factor. The first two are nonsense, and the third is a fact of life in major conference football these days.
It was done well in both FOOTBALL and BASKET BALL from 1982-2007 .
The KEY DO NOT HIRE IDIOT ADs (DiFloppo -Bates) who then hire idiot coaches like
SPAZDAZIO and maybe Christian who with 7 or 8 ACC wins NIT bid will be a keeper.
The man in charge must be held responsible for approving choices.
Needed a great Successor to BC's greatest Jesuit Father J. Donald Monan SJ.
Bring Chet Home. Thank heaven no football with Navy. Chet's work.
Agree completely.
Great post TheFive. You have summarized splendidly.
As for Leahy, he hits 70 next year. Many Jesuit circles have forced retirement at that age. There have been rumors for a couple years about his setting up to depart. We can only hope ...
As for AD's, Bates was a complete disaster. Flip actually was good in the first half of his tenure. He then let his ego get the best of him and made very poor decisions including forcing out Skinner and basically forcing out TOB and the women's basketball coach. Regarding Chet, like I said in a previous post, I cant imagine a scenario where he returns due to his connection to the gambling scandal which forced him out in the first place. Fair or not, thats not for me to decide.
The common thread is Leahy. But based upon what I have seen from our BOT, its 50/50 at best whether they hire someone better.
Holy cow, I always though Leahy was like 70 when he followed Monan... fine golfer, that Father Monan.
Sorry I was on the throne when I commented. My ass hurts
ATL, agree with you and Tim completely. The "it's too hard to win at BC" arguments are lazy and tiresome. I'm sick of them. There are plenty of examples of strong academic schools that are competitive in the P5. There's nothing so unique about BC where we can't be competitive, too — aside from indifferent leadership. Hopefully Jarmond can change some of the attitudes in the administration and on the board.
I'm not surprised that Addazio is leaking this crap to the media. He's the king of excuses.
As for the salary, there is 10 million owed for this and three more. That is a nasty payout. I actually believe that unless the floor drops out that he will be back. He is becoming the ghost of Christmas past.
There are two BC stories in the news which are not sports related and are worth repeating. The four young women from BC who were studying in France had acid thrown at them. Two were hit and the official line was that it was not "terrorist related". Marseille is a sea port and filled with terrorists.---The other issue is in regard to the NLRB and the unionization of graduate assistants. The decision of the investigator was that BC is not a Christian university and has a secular curriculum. Therefore, the government can intervene under those circumstances. Actually, there is an opening on the board and the Donald could break the tie.
If you think that you are going to run me off you are wrong. It is painfully obvious that you aren't me. Completely pointless. Fucking idiot.
it is now worse.... flat out diaper rash..... ugggh.. makes me cranky...sorry for the potty mouth..
GDF was terrible from the get go. The worst AD in BC history if not all college history. Gladchuk was great. Hired TC and TOB as football coaches, two of the best ever. York, Skinner and Inglese. All excellent hires. The gambling scandal was a totally bogus non event. It was a media invention to try to save the job of the hapless Dan Henning whose brother was part of that nefarious cabal.It was Fake News pushed by the virulently anti Catholic Globe. It had as much substance as the Russian election story. None. 2. BC doesn't have to pay Daz anything. He violated his contract when he helped OSU prepare for the playoff game against Clemson. That activity was injurious to the financial interest of the ACC and thus to BC. He can't file a suit. He'll be a pariah and never employed again. He'll have to take whatever payout BC offers. Money should never be an object in getting rid of a failed coach.
@NED: The gambling scandal was indeed real. Kevin Prendergast was the ND kicker and missed a key field goal against BC in '03. He was the go between with the gamblers and was sentenced to prison.
Facilities will no longer be an issue once the $200 million practice facility is finished. Frank Beamer would've coached at BC if it was for the terrible facilities over 25 years ago. Academics are not an issue because players can be put in easy majors.
As bad as I want Chip Kelly to coach at Boston College, I know that it's unlikely to happen because BC doesn't want to compete in a power 5 conference. BC is perfectly fine being a door mat to the conference so as long as they get their cut of ACC profit sharing. Just get used to the status quo, BC at best will be a metocre football program, at worst they lose every game and still get ACC profit sharing.
It's not just compensation - BC will also give an interest free mortgage to the coach as well. If you think Addazio randomly purchased a house and is paying 4.3% - that's definitely not happening.
And Chip Kelly has said he would coach BC if they made him an offer. I'm not saying he would be the best fit - but rather that there are plenty of big name coaches who would consider the school if there was an offer made.
JBQ: Pendergast was involved in the Northwestern gambling scandal, not the BC one.
BC will be lucky if they get more than 3 wins this year. Addazio will be even more lucky if he's not fired.
@Boston: I stand by my comment on Kevin Pendergast being involved with the BC gambling scandal. Of course, he was involved specifically with Northwestern basketball. There was also involvement with Northwestern football. There was also a connection to Boston College. He made the move to intermediate between the players and the gamblers. Notre Dame and Boston College both had enough clout to suppress the full disclosure. Pendergast received a minimum sentence for "cooperating with authorities".----He was the ND kicker in the big '93 upset by BC. He missed a key field goal in the first half.
I don't have a rash.
JBQ - BC was dominating ND in the first half. What is your definition of "key" field goal? Gordon missed one as well. Was he "in on it"?
What exactly is your inference?
Speaking of 93 - pull it up on YouTube and take delight in our OL, and how their protection set up the passing game, which in turn set up our great running game.
As Glen Foley said, when you get protection you can do anything.
But JBQ makes the inference that the game was fixed by Prendergast.
I guess he directed the BC defense to give up 22 straight points to put ND ahead 39 to 38. But he couldn't control Gordon?
Too much! 🙂
JBQ: Is this a hunch of yours or do you actually have some kind of proof?
I was at BC when the gambling scandal broke. It was most definitely real and likely worse than was ever reported ... i.e. match fixing. Note the Pittsburgh game that year.
All water under the bridge and not relevant besides being related to by Gladchuck will never be AD at a major university again.
Jarmond is young and looks enthusiastic and ambitious. He also has a strong resume. Lets hope for the best. Only way it works is if he in empowered to enact change. If not, then its all a waste of time.
JBQ, are you referring to the first half Pendergast field goal that was blocked when a BC player easily broke through the line?
The first of Addazio's recruiting class has jumped ship. I'm sure he won't be the last to decommit this year. Won't be surprised if BC loses at least 1/3 of this current recruiting class by the UCONN game.
@downtown: I did not remember the circumstances but that appears to be it. I was always leery of just how ND could come back from the pits with 22 late points. There was something wrong on defense. The offense salvaged the day and obviously there were plenty of forces who were shocked at the BC win. ---- Would you have bet on David Gordon making that field goal? I think not. It was about 40 yards and he had missed earlier. It was at the edge of his range. Only by the grace of God could a Jewish kid from Connecticut put one in the bread basket of "Touchdown Jesus". I consider David Gordon to have acted with an extreme amount of intestinal courage.----He had to have been rattled. Under those circumstances when ND was wiping up the floor with them and BC was tired and fading, who could have done it? I am quite sure that Tom Coughlin was surprised. He is the one who gave them the courage of Lions.---That is what did it. Compare that to what is going on now.
BCI: "Steve Addazio and the Boston College football staff got more bad news this week as DePalma Catholic OL/DL Khris Banks has decided to re-open his commitment and decommit from the Eagles."
Don't really think the theory of keeping Addazio around in order to keep the recruiting class together is gonna pan out.
The sooner we extinguish this dumpster fire and start over the better. Whatever the cost.
The gambling scandal was the gambling scandal. I would take those teams over this crew. Not sure why Gladchuck is always deuced on over it when sleepy Dan Henning was the coach not Gladchuck
Gladchuck is the AD at Navy. Standup clean institution of them all. He had nothing to do with it.
Surrounded by morons
The real knucklehead is highlighted in black. Not the blue everyone else is.
Fuck you imposter.
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