Boston College has fired head football coach Jeff Jagodzinski after he interviewed for the Head Coach vacany of the NY Jets. Before he interviewed for the position, he was given an ultimatum by the University that if he did, he would be terminated. He signed a 5 year contract just 2 years ago after being fired by the Green Bay Packers as offense coordinator and apparently is itching to get back into the NFL. Jagodzinski showed no loyalty to a program that gave him a chance to become a head coach when he never had been one in the past. I dont have a problem with someone trying to better their situation. I do have a problem with how he let the other coaches on the staff and players on the team down. Boston College will hire a new coach and most likely replace a lot of the coaches currently under contract. This sort of stuff happens all the time in college athletics, but the way it went down shows what kind of person Jagodzinski is. He knew that he would be fired immediately upon interviewing for a job he had no chance to get. His coaches will now be looking for work because of that decision. How selfish does one person have to be to go through with the interview? I can understand if the Jets had called him, but apparently he contacted them and asked for the interview. They weren't interested in him the entire time. Also, how do the Jets even bother interviewing him in the first place and allow him to get fired? Why didnt they just tell Jagodzinski that they weren't interested. Something fishy going on here.
I applaud Boston College Athletic Director Gene DeFilippo for actually going through with the threat to fire Jagodzinski. DeFilippo didnt even hear the news about the interview from Jagodzinski himself. He found out from a sports reporter. Jagodzinski should have told his AD from the start about the interview. It is about time a coach was asked to honor a contract. Good for Boston College, bad for the coaches and athletes left behind. Hopefully someone on the Boston College staff will be promoted and most of the coaches will keep their jobs.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
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