12-09-2022, 07:34 AM
It doesn’t sit well with me either. My guess is we low-balled him and weren’t bluffing because we’re cheapskates, and it didn’t sit well with him that because news of his candidacy/campus visit got out (which he may or may not have been irritated by) the upshot of him not getting the job because terms couldn’t be agreed was that he would be perceived as losing out to a freaking FCS coach. As a matter of professional pride/reputation management maybe he couldn’t abide that and needed to protect his reputation. So while I am heartsick and annoyed (livid?) about this humiliating turn of events for Stanford, I think it quite possible it happened because Stanford couldn’t pull the trigger on big boy football. If so, I blame Stanford more than Garrett. Sad episode.