Edsall coaching wrapup

They say in life that timing is everything.

Randy Edsall put his toe into the shark infested waters of the college coaching carousel and he got bit pretty good the last couple of days.

It wasn't anything that Coach Edsall did, in fact, I think he has to be very fair to himself and explore this kind of opportunity. I always put myself in the other guys' shoes. I would have definitely went down to interview. He has been here nine years, I don't think people should expect him to stay forever. That's not being reasonable. You only have so many shots, you have to make sure your fair to yourself and explore it to its conclusion.

But what went down the last couple of days just seemed to get away from him from a PR standpoint. Timing is everything, and the timing that this went down just didn't turn out very well (Les Miles and Michigan is another example. The timing is going to make it impossible for Miles to take his dream job).

Edsall interviews for the Ga Tech position on the day bowl tickets for UConn go on sale? It is a stomach punch to the fans of the program.

This is the biggest recruiting weekend of the year, and nothing is worse than coaching uncertainty.

Strike 2.

Then, the coaching position hangs over the programs head like the Grim Reaper while improbably, Pittsburgh beats WVU. Suddenly he is the coach of the Big East championship football team and no one cares. Everyone wants to know his job status.

How do you win a share of the Big East title and that not be the story?

Strike 3.

And, it's not a media thing. The story is what was written --Is the coach out the door or not? -- it's such and unusual series of events and the timing got away from him.

Edsall would have done very well at Georgia Tech, though from reports I read out of Atlanta they were looking for an offensive coach with enthusiasm and a magnetic personality to excite the fan base and alumni. Good and boring was what Chan Gailey was, and that wasn't good enough (doesn't help if you lose to Georgia either).

It's a good job, and Edsall had to give himself the opportunity to make sure this was a place he wanted to be. But, no question, he got burned. The team's bowl game and the fact they won a share of the Big East Championship was drowned out by Edsall interviewing for another job.

Now, it paid off literally for Edsall, he is going to have a new contract, but the PR side took a hit.
You can't get back those 4 days. And, will anyone even remember that the Huskies won the Big East title this weekend?

It was bad timing, and sometimes no matter how hard you try, there is nothing you can do to control it.