Win, Lose, Drew by Drew Litton for November 09, 2011

No, my kneejerking friend, I’m simply pointing out what happens when a coach ceases to be simply an employee of the college and transcends the university that signs his (or her, in Pat Summitt’s case) paycheck. A cult of personality develops around that coach, to the point where the college becomes “X College, where Y Coach is,” rather than “Y Coach, the coach at X college.”.They still serve at the pleasure of the college, but no college president in their right mind is going to fire that coach unless he’s actually caught burying the bodies in his backyard..As for why I picked Bryant, he was the first “legendary” football coach who came to mind.