A further thought...
I was very concerned that Stanford might offer a Coach whose move to Stanford would be sideways at best, or even a step down.
There were many many Coach names floated on this board where this would have been the case.
The reason I didn't relish that, is that I believe the nature of human motivation and enthusiasm is not so great when making a sideways or downward move.
(a recent poster boy for this observation is Belichick at UNC, a $10 mil / year data point)
Far better natural motivation if the move to Stanford is clearly an upward move.
Which it is for Pritchard.
I was very concerned that Stanford might offer a Coach whose move to Stanford would be sideways at best, or even a step down.
There were many many Coach names floated on this board where this would have been the case.
The reason I didn't relish that, is that I believe the nature of human motivation and enthusiasm is not so great when making a sideways or downward move.
(a recent poster boy for this observation is Belichick at UNC, a $10 mil / year data point)
Far better natural motivation if the move to Stanford is clearly an upward move.
Which it is for Pritchard.