El Duderino wrote:I don't agree and it's not about loyalty, instead some respect for people who helped you out.
If reports are true, both Bielema and Alvarez called Pitt and talked up Chryst in an effort to help him land the job and he pays back Bielema/Alvarez by raiding the Badgers coaching staff. I think that's in bad taste and my guess is both Barry and Bret aren't very happy with Chryst about this.
Had Chryst just taken Bostad and maybe Huxtable, i'd guess that Bielema/Alvarez could be reasonably ok with that. To then go and also lure away a key guy like Rudolph has to leave a bad taste in the mouths of Bret/Barry and i now wonder if they regret helping Chryst land the job at Pitt. I certainly would. They go to bat to help out Chryst and he pays them back by putting the Badgers program in a real bind.
Respect for the people who helped you out? Come on, Dude. Any responsibility he had to Wisconsin went out the door once he went to Pittsburgh. His job, first and foremost, is to build Pittsburgh into a winner. He needs to bring in coaches he thinks will contribute to that goal. You can't let your gratitude to Wisconsin stand in the way of doing your job. If he decided not to go for what he considers to be the best coaches because of his previous ties to Wisconsin, then he shouldn't be a head coach. Period.
We can bitch and moan about it. But, I'd hope Bielema and Barry aren't dumb enough to do that, because that tells me they weren't adequately prepared to deal with the fact that some of their top coaches might get promotions elsewhere that they weren't offered here. That is not an institutionally sound program.
