OT: Todd Graham says good bye to players by text message
Channeling his best Bobby Petrino, Todd Graham notified his players at Pitt that he was leaving, by text message. You stay classy, Todd Graham.
December 15th, 2011 at 6:46 PM ^
December 15th, 2011 at 10:17 PM ^
December 16th, 2011 at 12:47 AM ^
Once you accept a new coaching job, what are the rules for contacting your old team? I know that the NCAA has ridiculous rules, so what communication is allowed and what isn't?
What types of communication can leave you open to potential tampering/recruiting type violations?
I ask, because with a text, you have an electronic record of exactly what you said. While a phone call, or even large team meeting is most personal, you can't defend what you said definitively. Plus, if the kids are off campus, you're only left with a phone call.
Ideally the NCAA should allow for a coach to have contact with a team to say goodbye, but you know there are some coaches a) who would use it at a means to recruit their best athletes to a new school or b) use it as a way to accuse the outgoing staff as tampering.