BigRedBuster
International Man of Mystery
There are lots of jobs where someone that grows up around it very well could have a better understanding of the job at the entry level.My comment wasn't taking a shot at Riley. It was just a broad sense of the sports world in that people will say "Well, this Haslett kid could be a good coach, his dad was a defensive coordinator and head coach in the NFL for a long time." I have never been asked in a job interview "How did your father's success prepare you for this job." My comment was just general commentary. I know there are people that have generations of lawyers or doctors or other professionals, but sports coaching takes it to another step IMO.Everyone hires people they know. Even the great savior Scott Frost hired people he knows from his days at Nebraska.He is using the term in a broad sense...Riley and Haseltts are buddies so there is the link. True nepotism, no, but clearly it is a sweet hook up and one that goes on in coaching all the time. I don't think he (or me) mean it in a bad way, it is just how it is in coaching as it is in many many areas of work.Please show how riley hiring this guy as a GA is nepotism.Is there any bigger nepotism racket than coaching a sport?
Are they related or something?
It is not what you know...it is who you know!
Anyway...it's no big deal. I just roll my eyes when people complain about hiring buddies or nepotism in coaching.