Had a client once who would occasionally fly to London from ATL just for lunch, to go on dates, etc. Didn't make sense to me but when you have the time and money is no object and you can travel in absolute comfort, what's the difference?
Coaching Carousel (Basketball)
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Will they fall?
CBS Chicago just now reported Donovan as saying he's not even been contacted by UK.
Bulls fan, he is gone. LOL!
You don’t do $10m pitches via zoom. lol
sbillini
- st petersburg, fl
You think an AD who’s about to make the most important he has to make every decade or so (hopefully not less) and probably boosters don’t want to meet with that guy in person before getting serious about talking to him? Especially given the pace they want to make the hire, it seems perfectly logical.
I don’t and probably will never fly private, but I’ve woken up at 4am for a flight for a two hour meeting then worked and got home at 11pm many times…and nobody is paying me 8.5m+ to do it.
Ah! So he flew down to Lexington this morning on his own to ask why he hasn’t been contacted yet. Brilliant!!
Mr. Tibbs
- southeast DuPage
yea
flying empty is not something they like to do
sbillini
- st petersburg, fl
Ah the splitting hair on wording. I’m sure his agent hadn’t been “contacted” either lol
ChiefGritty
- Chicago, IL
The way people reason "I have decided X is true, therefore absurd extrapolation Y, Z, A, B, C etc all must be justified because they follow from X" is absolutely extraordinary.
Josh Whitman flew to meet with Lovie and Underwood, if that can penetrate your Fortresses of Certainty at all.
Not only that, probably for more than two hours!
Josh Whitman flew to meet with Lovie and Underwood, if that can penetrate your Fortresses of Certainty at all.
Mr. Tibbs
- southeast DuPage
but maybe his agent was
do not believe any thing you hear from coaches nor the schools looking for one
AD’s are famous for giving a coach a vote of confidence , only to fire him 3 days later
see Manual , Warde
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Your brain is the one with the shell on it
That was supposed to be in the title game thread. Oops.CoffinCorner UConn. Lol
Did you guys sit together at the final four?
wettsten
- Chicago
clearly he was just running low on BT and wanted to pick up some more
You could call it Planes, Trains, and NIL Deals.
Illini2010-11
- Sugar Grove
What made no sense in your theory was an empty flight from Chicago to pick up someone in Lexington, only to go back to Chicago. Are there not private planes available in Kentucky? I would agree with you if the flight pattern was reversed.
I have no clue nor ever claimed to know who was on the planes, but it is not unreasonable for Kentucky to want to meet their candidates in person on campus. If Donovan really wants the job, he would most definitely sacrifice on some sleep to do what is necessary, as well as see the facilities. It is a bit of a sales job for both sides.
foby
- Bonnaroo Land
Illinicpa14
- Chicago
Legit their should be a hard knocks type show on how crazy this must be for the team/coaches
sbillini
- st petersburg, fl
I appreciate you using my supposedly flawed logic right back at me.
Doesn’t change my point though. People fly 8 hours for two hour meetings all the time. Everyday. Especially when we’re talking 10 figure decisions. And people have time constraints and scheduling is hard. Especially when timelines are tight. There’s nothing unusual and reading too much into that.
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