[TreesAndBirds]

The one parallel about leaving a job is that when you leave a job you want to go out with the best possible impression because like it or not the last impression often weighs more heavily on the people you leave than the ones you created previously.  McCaffrey did the exact opposite.

Yes. I think that CM will become rich and successful, but will rue how he handled his departure from Stanford. If his only goal was to prepare for the NFL, he did that, but if his reputation with teammates, Stanford fans, the public are part of the equation, and over time those things become more important, I think he will look back on this decision with regret. But we all have things we wish we had done differently, and it doesnt vitiate all the good he did, it just tarnishes it a bit. I just hope this was his decision, and not that of his "advisors".

[TreesAndBirds]

The one parallel about leaving a job is that when you leave a job you want to go out with the best possible impression because like it or not the last impression often weighs more heavily on the people you leave than the ones you created previously.  McCaffrey did the exact opposite.

Yes. I think that CM will become rich and successful, but will rue how he handled his departure from Stanford. If his only goal was to prepare for the NFL, he did that, but if his reputation with teammates, Stanford fans, the public are part of the equation, and over time those things become more important, I think he will look back on this decision with regret. But we all have things we wish we had done differently, and it doesnt vitiate all the good he did, it just tarnishes it a bit. I just hope this was his decision, and not that of his "advisors".