Coaches' remorse: backing out of jobs
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In the 30 hours Creighton went without a men's basketball coach, fans on Internet message boards buzzed that athletic director Bruce Rasmussen was taking too long to make a hire.
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Players and coaches say the dynamic between recruit and school changes after the oral commitment is made, and communication that once was warm and glowing can get downright nasty.
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Former Dolphins coach returns to his alma mater, says he thinks this will be his last job. The first coaching job Dave Wannstedt wanted may turn out to be his last one.
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At some stage in everyone's career comes a desire to throw down tools and walk away, and plenty of motivational books say you should resist that temptation. Now, a new book says quitting can be a good strategy.
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CBC SPORTS ONLINE - When the Hamilton Tiger-Cats turned to a Canadian university coach to save a floundering program, there was some belief the CFL team had hit rock bottom.
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Rick Majerus apologized Monday for backing out of the Southern California coaching job less than a week after accepting it, saying he realized his health wasn't up to working 18-hour days.
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The firing of Jeff Bzdelik by the Nuggets, with assistant Michael Cooper taking the reins as interim head coach, reminds me of when I became coach of the SuperSonics.
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In sports, as in investing, the pressure is on. We suggest a coping strategy.
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It didn't take long for coach Roderick Jackson to get tired of his girls basketball team practicing in the grimy little gym at Ensley High School while the boys worked out in the nicer, newer one. The baskets' rims were the wrong size and the backboards made of plywood. Jackson complained, and says he was fired for it.
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Just like many of the players they lead, successful NFL coaches have a most unfortunate flaw: They rarely know when it's time to go.
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Employees who go online to check on fantasy football teams can cost companies money in lost productivity, but banning the practice could hurt worker morale, according to a study by outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
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The stratospheric salaries of some college football coaches prompt a debate over the role of athletics at colleges.
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DENVER - It is an indelible memory. Loud, too. "I can still hear him shouting at me," said David Cutcliffe of that warm fall day in 1994. "He just went over to one of the assistant coaches, grabbed the headphones, and yelled. He said, 'Coach Cut, I'm pitching bad because my catcher isn't calling a good game. You're the catcher. ...
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All of the above spin out of the termination of Henry Bibby as USC&#39;s basketball coach. The program was imploding. Practice and games had become torture.
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Guy quits a $1-million-a-year coaching job after five days, people usually are surprised. Had they been at the Rick Majerus press conference Wednesday, they might not have been.
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In August in River Falls, Wis., it was raining. A feeling of unease came over Dick Vermeil. Coaches are sensitive to what others would regard as of little importance, none more so perhaps than the emotional Vermeil.
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TORONTO -- Precious few professional athletes leave their sport on their terms. Even fewer depart having won a championship in their final game. Injuries, diminished skills, and burnout can cut short careers.