Taking Stock in Middle Tennessee
A pretty amazing turn of events in Murfreesboro over the last few days. MTSU Head Football Coach Rick Stockstill was offered a deal believed to be worth $4 or $5-million over 5 or 6 years to be the next head coach at East Carolina, but turned it down. That means he turned down an extra $2 or $3-million!
When Coach Stockstill was originally hired he produced a program he put together for Athletic Director Chris Massaro titled “Taking STOCK In Middle Tennessee”. We thought it was witty and clever at the time, but today it obviously means a whole lot more. He didn’t just take a job, he took THIS job and it’s a job he cares deeply about.
In a statement released this morning Stock talked about the importance of being a man of word with recruits and parents, but most of all having too much respect and admiration for his players. As a rock solid recruiter he knows his players are his lifeblood and he treats them that way.
The response to Stockstill was amazing. He’s no Lane Kiffin. There would have been no riot, no burning mattresses, only a pat on the back, words of thanks, maybe some tears, but most of all understandings. No one, NO ONE would have blamed him for taking that job, but everyone seems pretty darn happy that he didn’t.
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