I have been trying to think what I’d do if the company I was running was Virginia Tech football and I needed a key executive I didn’t think I’d be looking to replace a few days ago.
There are several places I’d look, but one would be to review every offensive minded head coach who has been fired in the last few years and for some reason, no one is considering for a return to being a head coach. Maybe they’re considered too old, too young, too argumentative, or their parting with another school was a disaster. But I’d talk to them.
I’d be honest and tell them “I know this isn’t a situation you would consider 5 years ago, but you need to get back in the game. Give me two good years where you work your backside off and make us better, and then I don’t care what you do. I’ll even help you find whatever it is you want to do.”
It’s happened to more people than you think in the business world and many times ends up being a win-win.
Plus there’s no use setting your search parameters for someone up and coming who will be with you for the next 10 years when there’s no guarantee you’ll be there the next 3…
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I’m not much into podcasts so I’d never heard of an “emergency podcast,” but according to a search tool I”ve recently acquired, there have been 1,178 posts using the term “emergency podcasts” just in the last few days. I guess it’s like ordering a code red for guys with mics and webcams.
I looked at several. Andrew Alix won the night by not even having a camera and just putting a stuffed Garfield the Cat in his place on the Hokie Hangover podcast.
All while clearly feeling no pain and having all filters removed 🙂
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If you can, read this. I have lost two friends – the last one a very close friend – to suicide. I’ve written several stories about this on the site, as It has changed me forever. If someone is having a tough time, I no longer let it go and think they’ll be OK. I try to talk to them about it.
Thanks for writing this, @seanofthesouth1. As you say in your story, “God willing, I will never stop talking. And neither should you.
“Because you never know who’s listening.”