It’s Official – Jagodzinski Out at BC

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Here’s your link. I suppose once DeFilippo went public with his insane threat, he kind of had to go through with it. For the idiots in BC’s fanbase, it is probably a proud chest-thumping moment. For the rational folks, thoughts of “who would work this Al Davis-like guy?” are in the forefront.

We previously discussed this matter here.

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1995 NC State graduate, sufferer of Les and MOC during my entire student tenure. An equal-opportunity objective critic and analyst of Wolfpack sports.

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67 Responses to It’s Official – Jagodzinski Out at BC

  1. wufpup76 01/07/2009 at 10:36 PM #

    ^Score of the day

    Harvard 82 – BC 70

    Win at Chapel Hole in basketball, threaten to fire football coach … Fire football coach, lose at home to Harvard in basketball

    Interesting week in Eagles athletics to say the least

    Edit: Here’s one more score for you: Morgan State 66 – Maryland 65

    Pretty good night for the ACC …

  2. turfpack 01/07/2009 at 10:50 PM #

    Now that we got TOB I could care less about BC-SCREW’EM LET THEM GO DOWN IN FLAMES!

  3. JeremyH 01/07/2009 at 11:43 PM #

    yes turfpack, but we here at SFN like to be a little less formal about it

  4. SaccoV 01/08/2009 at 7:32 AM #

    I agree with much of the commentary here, but I believe DeFilippo was given an extra boost on this one because he has two very capable assistants under Jags (in Spaziani and Logan), both ready to take the helm and both with some previous head coaching experience. It makes the situation much easier for the AD to play fast-and-loose with a good head coach (which I think Jags is) if you have two other comparable assets right behind him. Though I disagree with DeFilippo’s decision, you have to tip your hat to him for playing his hand this way. Shrewd, slightly Assholy, but definitely shrewd.

  5. gopack968 01/08/2009 at 8:41 AM #

    Great article on the breakdown between DeFilippo and Jagodzinski in today’s Boston Globe.

    http://www.boston.com/sports/colleges/football/articles/2009/01/08/feeling_of_betrayal_triggered_move/

    This was my favorite fact reported in the piece:

    “Jagodzinski wanted players who would have had trouble getting admitted during the 10-year reign of his predecessor, Tom O’Brien. DeFilippo worked with him on it.”

    So part of the “fun” was apparently lowering BC’s vaunted admissions standards???

    I really wish ACC expansion had snagged WVA or enticed USC back into the fold, rather than these sanctimonious clowns.

  6. Rick 01/08/2009 at 8:48 AM #

    Duke crushed Davidson

  7. gopack968 01/08/2009 at 8:58 AM #

    One more thought – today’s Globe online sports page offers a glimpse in to to reality of BC’s profile in its own market. As you can image, in most ACC cities the sudden firing of the football coach would be front page news. But, on the Globe you have to scroll down past two Celtics’ stories – and a Red Sox story!

    http://www.boston.com/sports/

  8. Noah 01/08/2009 at 9:10 AM #

    Noah, is Justin Brown the recruit you were talking about?

    No, but if he’s that WR from Delaware, I think we were involved with him for awhile.

  9. WolfQuacker 01/08/2009 at 9:29 AM #

    Wonder if they’ll make a run at Skip Holtz?

  10. Old School Wolf 01/08/2009 at 9:30 AM #

    ^ Daily Update- I draw the same conclusions as you so naturally I think your analysis is brilliant. ( If I knew how to put in a smiley face here I would do so.) I also suspect the AD began to realize a scapegoat would be a needed (to deflect attention away from his role in running off TOB) when the losses started piling up and BC football became the “Vanderbilt” of the ACC. Interesting, if true, the comment above about the AD dropping the entrance requirements for football players when TOB left. Wonder if TOB was a proponent of doing this or not while he was there? Wonder if the AD agreed with the entrance standards when TOB was there and changed when “his guy” came on the scene? The recruit is a DT .

  11. PackMan97 01/08/2009 at 9:45 AM #

    Alpha said, “^ Grobe is the ultimate exception, not someone that will set the trend others will follow.”

    Even in the case of Grobe he has looked at other opportunities. Just as in the private sector the best way to keep a great employee is to show them love every day in small and big ways.

    Wellman is smart enough to know if Grobe is happy or not and is willing to let him look because Wellman is confident that he’s done his job as AD and supported Grobe in any way that he can and that ultimately that will make the difference. So far it has.

    I really get fed up with employers that try and bully their employees just because they can. That AD at Boston College really needs a reality check. He should know what Jags short and long term career goals are if he’s so buddy buddy.

  12. mafpack 01/08/2009 at 9:51 AM #

    Can’t say I’m surprised or at all displeased by this. I’d have to agree as well DU and OSW – its glaringly obvious that the interview had little to do with the real reasons behind the firing. It simply served as a decent (well mostly decent) excuse to fire Jags for reasons centering more around personality and professional conflicts, than ‘oral loyalty clauses’ that might have existed.

    Oddly enough, most of the talking heads on Radio and TV that I’ve heard give their own personal opinion on the matter this morning, seems to be siding with DeFillipo, if for no other reason than to promote holding Coaches as accountable to the schools that they sign with as the players they recruit.

    Student Athletes suffer harsh penalties if they decide to jump ship and change schools, so why should we be O.K. with coaches doing the very same thing? What kind of example does that set?

    On a side note, in any other highly paid profession, interviewing for other jobs in the same field is a guarantee of some sort of repercussion (truthfully this often isn’t allowed at all due to non-compete clauses). Why is this different?

  13. PAJ 01/08/2009 at 9:56 AM #

    No way this goes down without damaging the AD’s relationship and/or credibility with the other coaches in the BC athletic department. He just told all of them that he’ll screw them publicly. Like the old saying goes, honey attracts more flies than vinegar. Not a way to build esprit de corps.

  14. Noah 01/08/2009 at 12:16 PM #

    Student Athletes suffer harsh penalties if they decide to jump ship and change schools, so why should we be O.K. with coaches doing the very same thing? What kind of example does that set?

    Because the contracts currently prohibit such movement from players but allow such movement by coaches.

    Go ahead and write a contract that says a coach has to stay in place for the length of the deal. See how many people sign it.

  15. redfred2 01/08/2009 at 12:45 PM #

    Just count me out on this one, because if there is any group that I do not want to becounted among, it’s one where people make snap judgements without knowing while sitting waaay too far away.

    By now, wouldn’t you think that it would almost be second nature for fans of a place that has been through as much as NC State has to guard against doing that type of thing?

  16. Greywolf 01/09/2009 at 12:58 AM #

    “Today is a sad day for BC, our football team, our fans and alumni, and MOST IMPORTANTLY, ME.”

    You gotta keep your priorities straight.;-)

    I wonder if DeFlippedout is pulling the scholarships of any players who test the NFL draft waters? Jags for all we know had no intention of leaving, just wanted to know where he stood. Interviewing does not equal leaving.

  17. Greywolf 01/09/2009 at 5:55 PM #

    For someone who chased the dollars to the ACC after committing to the BE, Gino can’t claim the moral high ground.

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