Great article on the surprising firing of Paul Chryst in The Athletic, the main point of which is that his admirable loyalty prevented the kind of ruthless accountability with his staff and program that modern big money sports requires. Seems relevant.
"The biggest compliment you can give Paul happens to be his biggest flaw," one parent of a Wisconsin player told The Athletic. "He is loyal to a fault. I think that makes it very hard to be
callous in this business because that's the reality of it. If that's just what he's doing with the families and players, how do you respond to your coaches that you've had forever, your friends, when things don't go well? A person that has that great of a loyalty about them, it makes it very hard to be callous when it comes to tough decisions.”
"The biggest compliment you can give Paul happens to be his biggest flaw," one parent of a Wisconsin player told The Athletic. "He is loyal to a fault. I think that makes it very hard to be
callous in this business because that's the reality of it. If that's just what he's doing with the families and players, how do you respond to your coaches that you've had forever, your friends, when things don't go well? A person that has that great of a loyalty about them, it makes it very hard to be callous when it comes to tough decisions.”
