Good Point, Lou Holtz

On sports radio this morning Lou Holtz was talking about Urban Meyer. Apparently, Urban and a lot of other coaches who know Holtz, call him up for advice. Back when Urban was getting started, he asked Holtz to recommend him for a job at Bowling Green, which he did. When Urban got the job he told Holtz he was going to turn it down because "it wasn't a very good job." Holtz told him - "of course it isn't a good job. If it was a good job, they wouldn't be hiring. No one leaves a good job. There are only bad jobs -- you gotta make it into a good job." Meyer took the job. 2 years later he was at Utah. 2 years after that, Florida.

I think this advise extends way beyond college football and into any career. No one leaves good jobs. No one takes fliers on people without experience for good jobs. Meyer was coming off being a WR coach at Notre Dame. You don't get hired to coach Florida or Notre Dame, no matter how charming and cool you are. (one counter-example: Obama). You get the cool jobs after you have a shit job and make it cool.