Any chance we can fire Pikiell for cause?
- Thread starter red_sky
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Cursing on the radio and violating FCC rules !!
Did you fall off the short bus?
No, and trying to shoehorn something like that would be an absurdly classless move. If you want to retain the option to fire a coach purely for results on the court, don’t give them a long extension. Trying to **** someone out of a contract agreed to in good faith is a piece of shit move.
Yeah, sure go ahead….and then see who will line up to replace him in that type of environment.
pretty sure that “we just realized we overpaid you and shouldn’t have extended your contract like we did” are not valid “for cause” reasons
Now if you can find proof that he had an affair with a cheerleader, that she had his baby and he paid her off to keep her quiet….
Then you might be on to something
(Example provided to illustrate my understanding of such clauses in contracts 😀)
It certainly is a cause - obviously it’s the reason why most coaches are fired - they don’t win enough
But you are confusing that with the situation when someone with a contract like pike is fired for “cause” and the employer is trying to get out of paying them - in that situation the employee needs to have done something that put them in breach of their contract - some type of misconduct for example or let’s say pike just stopped going to practices or failed to show up for games. Clearly in breach.
My understanding is that absent some type of misconduct or such breach, simply not meeting expectations is not “cause” by which an employee (with a contract like pike) doesn’t get paid their contract
The question is not whether they can fire pike.
They can fire him right now if they wanted to but = $$$$$$
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I am aware of the difference between getting fired for cause and without cause. I do wonder though why schools don’t put some minimum performance requirements in coaches’ contracts, but I guess that has just never been common practice and so any school that tried it wouldn’t be able to make a decent hire.
ADs don't fire coaches "for cause".
They guilt the fanbase into paying the buyout the AD gave out.
"OUR coach sucks. But we gave him a huge contract and we don't have the money to pay him. So we need the fans to pay. If you don't pony up for the buyout then we'll be stuck. Any ongoing bad seasons are because your too cheap to pay for our huge mistake."
Not saying Pike needs to be fired. Just commenting on the mechanics of ADs getting rid of bad coach hires and extensions.
They guilt the fanbase into paying the buyout the AD gave out.
"OUR coach sucks. But we gave him a huge contract and we don't have the money to pay him. So we need the fans to pay. If you don't pony up for the buyout then we'll be stuck. Any ongoing bad seasons are because your too cheap to pay for our huge mistake."
Not saying Pike needs to be fired. Just commenting on the mechanics of ADs getting rid of bad coach hires and extensions.
I think it's pretty clear that you don't need to ask in question form...lol.
