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Football: Ex-Cal assistant Tosh Lupoi makes first public comments on move to Washington
By Jeff Faraudo
Wednesday, February 8th, 2012 at 2:10 pm in Football, Pac-12 news.
Washington made its five new assistant football coaches — including Tosh Lupoi and Eric Keisau, formerly of Cal — available to Seattle-area reporters in a press conference on Wednesday.
We made several requests to speak with Lupoi after the press conference, but were turned down by the UW athletic department.
In lieu of that — and aware that the questions Seattle reporters probably asked were different than those we would have posed – here is a link to text and video of Lupoi’s interview session, courtesy of the Seattle Times.
Here is my online story.
A few highlights from the Seattle Times interview transcription:
On the quick transition from recruiting for Cal to recruiting for UW: “It was one of the toughest decisions I’ve ever gone through. It was a process that kind of felt like I was set where I was going to be there at Cal and when Justin (Wilcox) came over here and Pete (Peter Sirmon) I was the last one to the process to say no to this opportunity and kind of do some thorough homework for a couple of weeks of what this opportunity really was all about and what it meant and kind of got to a point to where it felt it was right and something you couldn’t say no to from what this place and coach (Steve) Sark (Sarkisian) represents and to be a part of this and that resulted in immediate competition of trying to go about it the right way and begin competing at the place I was just at so it was difficult. But I thought coach Sark had tremendous advice in that process and truthfully a lot of the individuals that were being recruited from the other place, he approached it of going about it the right way and at times backing off of certain guys where he had already established relationships with the young men that we were recruiting there and then I could kind of get in there and intermingle within the staff and doing it the right way and not making it about me but making it about Washington and all the things that this place has to offer. I thought that was great advice on his part.”
On how awkward the timing was: “It was. I’m a real passionate individual and I kind of doing all the thorough research and the homework about this place, for me making the transition felt like I had already done such thorough homework on it it was kind of natural for me to begin speaking on behalf of this place. I think that kind of shocked some families and some young men, to them it was a matter of a day or two of the transition and now I’m speaking on behalf of this place. For those first few days was continuing on myself and the relationship we had established and I think that was kind of a shock and looking back on it of how I would redo it or regret, that transition was so quick and for me it was a lengthy 14-15-day process of learning about this place where obviously I hadn’t spoken a word about it to recruits representing a different place where now going into the homes wearing a different Polo, it was a little bit shocking of ‘wait, hold on, we were just talking about Cal a week ago or something.’ Both great places, great people involved in both. As far as the opportunity there couldn’t be more thankful to coach (Jeff) Tedford given the opportunity to be there and all the relationships that I formed there and just it was an awesome place and I left for an awesome opportunity here.”
On the backlash he received from leaving Cal: “It was tough because of all of the great things that place represents. That was my roots and where I played at, but at the same time I think it was time and I’ve been blessed to have some other opportunities come up each year and this is one where I truly felt it was the best and something that I wanted to be part of and something, since being here, it was the best decision I’ve made.”
On Jeff Tedford’s reaction: “I think he understood and was always kind of been there and I’ve been offered good advice over the past year so it was kind of a quick conversation and I think at that point, I had already said no to the opportunity for some time so I think he understood that there was a lot that was put into this decision and it wasn’t something that was done in just one day or so so I think he was understanding of the opportunity that was offered here and the reasons to want to start something new.”
On how many times he said no to UW: “I don’t know, but it was a process for about two weeks. Kind of like all the places, I had never taken an interview anywhere, I don’t have an agent, it was something that just felt like it was going to be the place that I remained and that’s where I played and I had a lot of great opportunities and days there. So it was natural for me to say no. And then just talking to him throughout those weeks you realize what a great recruiter he is and a lot of great points he expressed kind of weared on me.”
On if there was an offer in his mind of what it was going to take to leave Cal: “To me it was about the fit and the people that were associated with whatever opportunity was going to come up for me and what that place represents. This alumni association, the magnitude of the degree, the tradition here, those were the things. It wasn’t necessarily about the actual deal and what was offered. That was more, kind of the content of what this opportunity offered is what most excited me.”
On the reaction from the people at Cal: “That’s my blood, sweat and that had a major impact on seeing what alumni or what stories were told, but it’s something that you move on and you find out real quickly who your real friends are and like I said, I have nothing but great things to say about that staff and the university and the opportunity I was offered there. I will never forget those times and am very appreciative of the alumni there and all my experiences at Cal.”
On rumors of getting a boat: “Yeah, I haven’t been on that boat. Maybe it’s a canoe or something.”
Earlier . . .
UW head coach Steve Sarkisian made introductory remarks about his five new assistants. Here’s are excerpts:
Sarkisian on Lupoi: “Tosh, quite honestly, has been a thorn in my side the last 5-6 years on the recruiting front. What’s the old adage, if you can’t beat him, get ‘em to join you, right? It took a little longer than I would have liked, but we got Tosh on board.
“Everybody wants to talk about the recruiting side of it, but he’s a tremendous football coach. You look at what his defensive lines have done there at Cal in recent history. It speaks to the fact that, yeah, he’s a tremendous recruiter and he works at that, but he’s also an excellent football coach and I think we’ll see that here in time.”
Sarkisian on Kiesau: “From a philosophical standpoint, he brings a lot of similarities to what we do offensively, yet can bring some new ideas to enhance what we’re doing.”
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February 8th, 2012 at 2:28 pm
World’s longest run-on sentence — second sentence to first response. Lupoi must have qualities that make him a good recruiter other than how he communicates.
February 8th, 2012 at 2:47 pm
“….trying to go about it the right way…”
If Tosh “tried”, then he failed miserably.
He is never welcome back.
February 8th, 2012 at 2:47 pm
I have sympathy for him. I understand better what was going on. I will link this to the SC board so that the fans over there have access to the truth.
I doubt that he took English at Cal state. He must have been another Social Welfare, Sociology, American Studies major.
February 8th, 2012 at 2:51 pm
If you all don’t think he is telling the truth maybe you can get a collection together so that you can pay Wisdom Cow to do his PI work. He has quite the gift. LOL.
February 8th, 2012 at 2:55 pm
‘ho.
February 8th, 2012 at 3:10 pm
Tosh ole buddy…a genuine Italian evil eye curse has been sent to you at UW. Good luck with that dude. Nope you won’t find any dead horse heads in your bed but you are ****ed. Best of luck..you’re now personna non grata at Cal.
February 8th, 2012 at 3:17 pm
This guy said – “Something that since being here felt like the best decision I ever made.”
Bitter ,bitter UCB fans. What more does he need to say. He is happier to be a part of UW and its football program than yours.
February 8th, 2012 at 3:36 pm
Definitely check out the video, people. The FOS look on this jerk’s face matches the quality of this rhetoric. It noteworthy that of all the recruits we lost UW only got one. He turned most of those guys off to both Cal and UW. Hope the lose of Tosh’s credibility in permanent. So why did he do his “research” after saying “no” so many times. FOS!
BTW More NCS, I would think anybody with any sense would not expose buyer’s remorse to the media.
February 8th, 2012 at 4:21 pm
I am a Bruin, but I know enough to say that Tosh is a liar and a discrace, not only to Cal but to De La Salle.
February 8th, 2012 at 4:27 pm
Wow. I’m almost as disappointed in his statement as I was with him leaving in the first place. Come on. Either own it or deny it. Don’t try to pretend there isn’t a huge ethical issue with what you did or pretend you don’t know what people are upset about.
Then again, he doesn’t really try to deny that he did unethical things. Only that he didn’t try to take those players with whom “he [Sarkisian] had already established relationships.” I guess that’s what you call a non-admission admission.
Anyway, even his tortured version sure doesn’t sound like the “right way” to do things to me. Then again, if Sarkisian is someone you look to for advice on the right way to do something, then you’re already ethically challenged to say the least.
February 8th, 2012 at 4:27 pm
My first reaction is this. With all due respect, I do not respect this man.
Second – if these quotes are verbatim he must be a terrible speaker. I had a hell of a time trying to make sense of the ridiculously long sentences. If that’s how he speaks – in a fashion where it seems like he stumbles over himself – wow.
February 8th, 2012 at 4:48 pm
Mr.Faraudo, you are brilliant. No editorializing, just verbatim quotes that speak for themselves! This is a man trying desperately but in vain to dig himself out of a pile of dung.
February 8th, 2012 at 4:49 pm
it must be the x box … is that legal by ncaa standards? how much time has he logged online playing MW3 and Black Ops with recruits
February 8th, 2012 at 4:58 pm
Tosh Lupoi = Ed Orgeron, i.e., sleaze
It’s just sad he’s a Cal grad but so it goes.
February 8th, 2012 at 5:33 pm
When Tedford finally steps down after another disappointing season and we get Chucky in the headset, the recruits will follow. Tosh is in the rear-view, and he will hate the Seattle weather anyway. Enjoy the seasonal depression disorder, chump.
February 8th, 2012 at 6:11 pm
Wow, are you sure this guy went to Cal. Flavor Flav could give him points on elocution. He must have bored recruits to death and they signed just to shut him up.
How embarrassing.
February 8th, 2012 at 6:38 pm
Rd – awesome haha
February 8th, 2012 at 7:53 pm
Low life SOB, eat $hi* and DIE!
February 8th, 2012 at 7:56 pm
Yeah, really the worst thing about all of this is knowing that I got my degree from the same school as him. Seems like his intellect is about as great as Moren’s.
February 8th, 2012 at 10:50 pm
The guy relates well to 17 year old kids. That’s why he speaks like that. Really strange answers from Tosh.
Weird guy.
Go Bears!
February 8th, 2012 at 11:10 pm
Sark and Tosh are feeding utter garbage to Cal fans and they expect us to believe their crap like we are all 10 years old? This is not water under the bridge, you ruined what could have been a great Cal recruiting class so to the both of them and Kiesau, go eff yourself and we’ll see your in Berkeley for the 2012 game where I personally hope Cal players are thrown out of bounds right into each of your knees.
February 8th, 2012 at 11:32 pm
The stammering, the pauses, the run-on sentences…all signs of him…talking out of his a$$. Jeff – when’s the last time an SID stone-walled a specific subset of reporters like that? Sounds like bad media rel. You’re going to get to him at some point, why not get it all out and over with. UW SID…douches.
February 9th, 2012 at 2:47 am
Looks like Coach Sark sent Lupoi to the Pete Carroll Institute of Spewing Bull___ on Camera. What a lying sack.
February 9th, 2012 at 5:58 am
By the way, amazing that the Seattle media didn’t ask him about this contradiction:
Lupoi: “Obviously I hadn’t spoken a word about it to recruits representing a different place where now going into the homes wearing a different Polo, it was a little bit shocking of ‘wait, hold on, we were just talking about Cal a week ago or something.”
Shaq Thompson: “He [Lupoi] came in for a home visit last night and told me he was thinking about taking the UW job and wasn’t sure what he was going to do. I had heard the rumors for the last week but thought there was no way he was going to leave. Then he called me this morning and said UW gave him an offer that he couldn’t refuse and he was leaving. He asked if I would be interested in looking at Washington and said he wants to come back and visit me next week.”
That’s odd. Lupoi “hadn’t spoken a word” to any recruit, yet Shaq Thompson says Lupoi told him he was likely going to UW while on a home visit for Cal. No wonder the SID didn’t have the stones to let the Bay Area media ask him a question.
February 9th, 2012 at 7:33 am
Pretty disappointing. I had really hoped we would see an honest, forthright answer – whatever is the answer.
Putting aside no one actually believes this, it does put Cal is a bad light. First “the Twitter,” and now this. Thought I guess he does relate well to the 17-year olds playing Modern Warfare 3.
February 9th, 2012 at 8:13 am
I don’t know why anyone expected the lying sackostuff to tell the truth now.
February 9th, 2012 at 8:26 am
What a bunch of horsesh*t.
February 9th, 2012 at 8:42 am
Let it go Cal fans. Tosh probably averaged about 60-70 hours a week at a job with little security for years. He landed many good players for us. He was made an offer that a head of a household could not rightly refuse. He was in an akward postion with Shaq, and he told it to him straight.
February 9th, 2012 at 9:40 am
First time I had seen Tosh speak…..not at all impressive and borderline creepy. Bottom line is Tedford let Lupoi get control of the recruiting and Tosh built the relationships. Just another indication that Tedford is totally disconnected. Take off those damn sunglasses!
February 9th, 2012 at 10:24 am
Let it go? Absolutely not. We’re going to use this as motivation to beat the hell out of them in the new stadium.
February 9th, 2012 at 10:36 am
Covinared, you can tell TL has nothing to be embarassed about, just look at his interview.
February 9th, 2012 at 10:44 am
The guy saw the opportunity to bolt for a fat pay raise and took it, notwithstanding the sleaze that he had to immerse himself in to pull it off. On the one hand, hardly a surprise. On the other, he obviously does not care that he burned the equivalent of the Bay Bridge behind him, given the weak and self serving comments he made during his presser. Just goes to show what his highest priorities are, and obviously his personal honor is not high among them.
February 9th, 2012 at 10:49 am
The guy must know how to tweet, because the speak part is mia. Funny in a Tarantino kind of way.
February 9th, 2012 at 11:29 am
Assuming Tosh stays loyal and Tedford gets canned and the new guy does not want him, where does that leave him and his family?
February 9th, 2012 at 11:55 am
If TOSH had stayed and closed on the recruits he had lined up would any of you care how he presented himself in front of the press? Would any of you call him stupid? Say that he was a Social Welfare major? The most interesting part of all of this is that this is the way Tosh is. Not comfortable in front of a big crowd and he has little if any experience of being in the cross hairs of the press which can be frightening for any of you that have never had to go through that.
The bottom line is the young man has a special skill with 17year old football players that we no longer have on our staff. Who is the youngest recruiter we have now?
Tosh had to make a very tough business decision. One that anybody who is going to be successful in business will face once or twice in their career. He made the call and is at peace with it. To spend time calling him out for not speaking well is just silly.
February 9th, 2012 at 12:32 pm
Kasaja – that’s a fair point you make.
I don’t begrudge him for taking a financially healthy offer, with the chance to move up the coaching food chain.
The issue I have is that he should be forthright as to how it all went down, and what he did, given the very problematic timing of this.
February 9th, 2012 at 12:55 pm
Never forget that how and when Tosh handled this resulted in the dismantling of top 10 recruiting class for his (former) employer and alma mater. I don’t think this fact can be disputed. This specific result trumps all the other blather and rationalizations.
February 9th, 2012 at 12:56 pm
Kasaj,
I have no problem with the guy trying to better is lot for him and family. It’s a question of timing. He would have had the same offer after the end of signing day I can assure you, but I quess he was too stupid to realize that. I just don’t think you stab Cal in the back like that and blow up(in part) a stellar recruit class for the university that put you in the position to be able to take an offer like that in the 1st place . He should have waited. He owed Cal that much.
February 9th, 2012 at 1:19 pm
How can you assure the offer would have been open after signing day?
February 9th, 2012 at 1:20 pm
Actually his intellect is greater than Morens- he got into Cal. Moren? Not good enough.
February 9th, 2012 at 2:03 pm
Well, he got into Cal because he was a four star football player, not because of smarts. The closest Moren has gotten to playing football is Madden in his daddy’s basement.
February 9th, 2012 at 2:08 pm
I’m OK with Tosh bolting for any opportunity that he chooses to feel he needs to take for his career. When you consider the dollars and the 3 year contract- which I don’t believe Cal was offering- combined with the close relationship to Justin Wilcox, the moves makes a lot of sense. Sure, it’s disappointing that he would leave Cal given his history here.
What has been well documented is the way he left Tedford hanging, he went back on his word to Tedford, didn’t really resign appropriately, they way he snuck (slithered?)in and out to get his stuff in the middle of the night, the way he clearly was telling Cal recruits he was leaving and wanted to see if they would consider UW while still on the Cal payroll, the sliminess in general of going after Cal recruits. Class and professionalism was nowhere to be seen in Tosh Lupoi’s actions- regardless of his feelings toward Tedford and how he feel he was treated at Cal.
Lupoi obviously wasn’t liking working for Tedford and the direction and results of the the program. Plus there were clearly hard feelings there. Maybe he did all this on purpose, which isn’t exactly taking the high road, but it’s his life. He chose to burn some bridges, it’ll be his karma and his cross to bear. Maybe it won’t hurt his career in the ever increasing sliminess of college football- my guess it won’t hurt him in the slightest.
We don’t know the whole story here, there are always 2 sides to every story. So I am trying not to go to the extreme harsh remarks many are sharing here- it’s not easy to not to go there myself- but I am trying not to lower myself to Tosh’s level.
What are we going to do now? Time to move on. And give him and earful when UW comes to Berkeley in the fall.
February 9th, 2012 at 2:10 pm
Will @ #41- Actually, I’m sure the closest Moren has come to playing any kind of ball is his daily game of pocket pool.
February 9th, 2012 at 3:58 pm
We need to hire a bevy of low-coast graduate assistants who played at Cal who will focus on recruiting.
Folks who have the twitter and the facebook on their computers.
I think the new DLine coach is much more proven as a coach than Tosh. I think Wes Chandler could be a great coach too.
But my first reaction is that they are dinosaurs in a young man’s sport (recruiting).
February 9th, 2012 at 4:45 pm
I knew Tosh would leave CAL someday, but the way he left was B.S. So when he decides to move on to Notre Dame, or Texas or Florida from UW, is he going to tell Sark everything is cool then the next day show up at the next school wearing their polo and taking the UW recruits with him? That is the B.S. part right there. If this was a move on the up and up, why did he have to play CAL and Tedford until the end, and steal our recruits as well? He could have waited until Feb 2nd to leave, why BEFORE LOI day? We know why and he knows why.
February 9th, 2012 at 4:56 pm
The U. of Washington & the former Cal assistant coach lacked the integrity, honor & character to insist that a condition of his new employment be that Washington simply not recruit or offer any player who had already given Cal a verbal commitment for this class. The former coach owed his mentor, JT, that, owed his alma mater that, & owed the players already at Cal who he had previously recruited that. If in the future, the former asst coach loses out on a great job opportunity because the new prospective employer doesn’t trust him, that will be a just and deserved payback.
February 10th, 2012 at 2:07 am
Tosh is a despicable human being. But let’s forget that he left Cal for the money but also because he hated Tedford. The fact that a poisonous relationship existed with someone in a significant and public role how’s how poor Tedford is at managing staff and operations. Tosh deserves the majority of the blame for his unmitigated douchebaggery, but JT does as well for his management failure.
February 10th, 2012 at 6:31 am
kasaja Says:
February 9th, 2012 at 11:55 am
If TOSH had stayed and closed on the recruits he had lined up would any of you care how he presented himself in front of the press? Would any of you call him stupid? Say that he was a Social Welfare major?
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HAHAHAHAHA…this is the best comment of all the other posters and posts on this thread (not including mine).
This poster has said what many of you know but lack the courage to say.
Stupid = Social Welfare major.
The best unkept secret of the Tedford era is what he learned while he was Oregon. Put football players into gimmee type academic programs. Make the objecive eligibility and not graduation. Your 40% graduation rate does not speak well for your concept of student athlete.
February 10th, 2012 at 8:30 am
If only we could have the same committment to academic excellence seen at $UC.
Matt Barkley. Major? Communication
T.J. Mcdonald. Major? Communication
De’Von Flournoy. Major? Communication
Nick Perry. Major? Social Science Economics
Robert Woods. Major? Undeclared
Brandon Carswell? Social Science Psychology
D.J. Morgan? “He’s a public policy, management and planning major at USC with a B- average (2.77 GPA).” Wow, bragging about a 2.7?
Not a lot of engineering or biochem majors there either.
February 10th, 2012 at 8:44 am
Let’s hire Justin Wilcox away from U Dub as our new head coach and dump Tedford. I’m still stoked about Wilcox’s final three plays he called at Boise State to beat Oklahoma!
February 10th, 2012 at 8:58 am
Hey Moron, Daddy must be so proud that you could’nt qualify for admission to his alma mater! Oh well if you can’t be admitted then become a hater.
February 10th, 2012 at 10:22 am
You created T. Lupoi. You recruited him, educated him and gave him his first job. If you don’t like the way “it” turned out who is to blame?
February 10th, 2012 at 11:17 am
hey moron, if social welfare is “stupid” and a “gimme major”, how is it you were never able to qualify for admission to it?
February 10th, 2012 at 11:32 am
the sleazy cheaters’ mens’ b-ball program is an unmitigated disaster this year. Hey moron, is that because they decided to play by the rules for a change?
February 10th, 2012 at 2:20 pm
Hey — how did the Cal/$C basketball game turnout.
Doesn’t our $C friend want to talk about the basketball game?
BAHAHAHAHAHAAHAH
Coward.
February 10th, 2012 at 5:17 pm
Hey – who cares including you Sherm?
If I was you I would start repairing the image of Social Welfare education.
It just took a pounding on this board.
The next thing you know an advisor will post about his team’s starting QB who may not be eligible next season due to low academics. Of course, the advisor blames it on Sociology and not Social Welfare. Every football player majoring in Social Welfare passes those rigorous academics.
February 10th, 2012 at 6:16 pm
Like I said — too cowardly to talk about the basketball game.
This Sherm you speak of — is he the one who posted your history on Bear Insider — a fun read!
Now please go book me a cruise.
February 10th, 2012 at 6:29 pm
You know what school & department doesn’t take a beating on these boards? UC Davis Law school
Now that’s a school which has high standards and manages to get rid of the inferior students. If you have a mental breakdown and cry in class, they boot you out. They let you tell your friends “oh i am taking a medical leave” but they never let you back, and then the mental misfits end up posting alone on New Year’s Eve without any friends. Good job, UCD!
February 10th, 2012 at 8:06 pm
“Oh Daddy! Daddy! I’m so sorry that I was too stupid to get into Cal! I’ll hate them as long as I live!”
–Moron
February 11th, 2012 at 8:41 pm
The critical reading and analytical skills this group of comments reflect are stunningly deficient. I’m with #42 and #47. Let’s review his comments–”it wasn’t necessarily about the actual deal and what was offered. It was about the fit and the people” “Powerful alumni association (mentioned twice)” “[gives me] the opportunity to no longer coach a three-man front and be part of a system that at times had [only] two defensive linemen on the field, when from this standpoint this is going to be an opportunity where it a down four man front…[with me having a] major role in coaching four guys on the field all the time.” “He [Sark] pursued me like I felt like a recruit…feeling very wanted here. That was definitely very special.”
I don’t like that he left or the way he left, but you guys are analytically incompetent if you don’t hear what he was really saying in this press interview. The Teddy would rather let you guys rant about how bad/wrong Tutu was in taking the deal, but the truth is there to see. He didn’t like the defensive scheme, he didn’t feel he had an important role in it as a coach, he didn’t believe the alumni was committed, he didn’t feel wanted by Teddy or anyone else, he didn’t feel appreciated for what he was bringing. Put in that light, is this really a surprise that he opted for a future he could believe in rather than a past that just never seemed to change in ways that gave him hope. If you are angry about what happened, put your focus in the right direction and demand some changes in Cal football.
February 13th, 2012 at 8:52 am
PeteBear I frankly don’t care where Tosh goes or what he does. This is America and he is free to move on for whatever reason. Money? Hates Tedford? Hates Cal? Loves UW? Fine.
The way he left and the vist to Shaq Thompson (which counted as a Cal visit) When he knew he was leaving and even tried to recruit Shaq? Telling other recruits not to go to Cal? Disgusting. But hey, I understand why he would hate Coach Tedford, all the guy did was take a washed out ex Cal football player, get him into coaching at this level, pay him six figures and put him in charge of recruiting. Really treated him like crap eh?
February 13th, 2012 at 10:20 am
Easy Ed–Apparently what Teddy did was to forget to do what any competent manager of a multi-million $ business organization would do as a matter of course: do periodic reviews with your key people to establish feedback loops in both directions. What did JT like about what TL was doing and what did he think TL needed improvement on (e.g., ethics re instructing players to take an injury dive). How was TL feeling about his role and responsibilities and the direction of the program? TL implied that the Teddy was not too surprised about the change, and it does now appear that this process went on for a month or more. So if you are Teddy, and you have all your recruit marbles wrapped up in one guy [note to JT--is this a prudent risk mitigation strategy?] who is your face with the key recruits and he is letting you know verbally (and perhaps by body and other language way before that (i.e., comment re not liking use of the 2 and 3 man d-lines)) what would you do? Would you keep throwing him out there and hope things go okay or do you a) go to tag-team recruiting with TL and b) force the point–”TL, I can’t be sending you out to recruit for me and this school unless I know for sure that you are committed to this program and the direction we are taking. I need your word on that and that if you get approached again you will not entertain any move [at least within the conference] for at least the next 6 months.” If Teddy did this then he should come forward with that information. If he didn’t do that, then Sandy should have a little sit down (called a performance review) and give him some constructive feedback on areas (and I’m sure there are more than just this one)where he needs to improve if he wishes to remain in charge of this program.
February 13th, 2012 at 12:51 pm
PeteBear,
I’m in aggreement with earlier sentiments that Tosh’s reason for leaving are essentially none my business. Why? Because in the end none of us have enough information to verify anything he says. So in the final analysis he left cause he wanted to and that’s all anyone from our perspective (on the outside looking in)can say. Yes, you there seems to be some implications in what Tosh said, but hardly anything to drive an analysis worth even doing. If you have any real info. that JT didn’t perform evals like you suggest I’d like to see it. My sense is you don’t.
Did you see the Ides of March movie?
February 13th, 2012 at 10:07 pm
John–good call on the comment; time to move on. I have no info on whether JT did evals, but the probabilities are on my side, since a) most people don’t get evals from bosses, and b) JT’s communications skills, or lack thereof, are there for the whole world to see (but not hear, since he never really opens up).
didn’t see the movie, but from the summary I read just now, this event is a long way from that. having said that, would JT be the Morris character in your mind–backed into a corner and willing to deal his values to come out looking like he won?