In Reply to: Thats a great question posted by TheHappyBurgermeister on March 22, 2024 at 11:56:28
Of course one tries to win and develop, but what is a coaches ultimate job: win championships or get his players to be where they want? Barnes is on record for the later. It’s sorta like asking is the job of college to get one a job or to impart knowledge.
Maybe the answer is different now with so much NIL sloshing around. I don’t think there is a right answer, probably depends upon whose perspective you are looking at. Form the athletes perspective it’s clearly NBA or NFL or whatever. From the scholls perspective it might be mixed — you want those huge donations from ex-athletes, but you want to hang banner moreso.