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<blockquote data-quote="The Bell Tolls for Thee" data-source="post: 130326994" data-attributes="member: 1812660"><p>I can't blame JB for using WVU as a stepping stone.&nbsp; WVU played in the old Big East, the best basketball conference at the time.&nbsp; Sure WVU wasn't a great program, but it was a chance to compete at a high level.&nbsp; Doubtful he would've gotten the same look from Michigan had he stayed in Richmond versus made WVU competitive against multiple NCAA tournament level teams within the conference.&nbsp; I fault him for taking a bigger contract with a buyout when he knew he'd jump on a better opportunity the moment it came along and THEN contested the buyout.&nbsp; He could've easily kept the original contract, negotiated a lower buyout with concessions to his base salary and/or bonuses, or he could've taken the bigger contract chancing that he may have to pay the buyout in order to make the move if a better job popped up in the near future.&nbsp; That would've been the upstanding thing to do.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="The Bell Tolls for Thee, post: 130326994, member: 1812660"] I can't blame JB for using WVU as a stepping stone. WVU played in the old Big East, the best basketball conference at the time. Sure WVU wasn't a great program, but it was a chance to compete at a high level. Doubtful he would've gotten the same look from Michigan had he stayed in Richmond versus made WVU competitive against multiple NCAA tournament level teams within the conference. I fault him for taking a bigger contract with a buyout when he knew he'd jump on a better opportunity the moment it came along and THEN contested the buyout. He could've easily kept the original contract, negotiated a lower buyout with concessions to his base salary and/or bonuses, or he could've taken the bigger contract chancing that he may have to pay the buyout in order to make the move if a better job popped up in the near future. That would've been the upstanding thing to do. [/QUOTE]

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