01-10-2026, 07:07 PM
(01-10-2026, 06:35 PM)cardcrimson Wrote: Allegedly, money was not an issue. The AD and the Director of Football Operations approved of the hire. Tavita said no on cultural lines, at least according to accounts posted on On3. PK was willing to sign. Stanford, well Tavita, said no. We were up to it and the selling job was successful in getting him interested. Until Tavita stepped in. Depressing.Maybe we will at some point actually know what happened. The scenario above could have happened. OTOH, it is hard for me to credit the idea that the AD and the Director of Football Operations would sign off on the hire of a DC and only then ask the Head Coach to opine. If they did that then they are incompetent. I also find it almost impossible to believe PK would have been "willing to sign" without first talking to the Head Coach (who would be his boss and who he probably would interact with very frequently). If Pritchard flip-flopped the scenario presented would be possible, but I see no other way it could be.