Tom didn’t have the right to name Frank ... he was the coach not the AD. During a time when our AD had one foot out the door.
Continuing with FS would have been far preferable than the SP/BC debacle.
That would never happen now. Times have changed. Tom’s situation was singular though. I can’t think of another coach in any sport who closed their career with 3 championships in 5 years, dropped the mic and exited the stage.
He’d have never been allowed to name his successor had he not retired at his peak. He earned it in a way no other coach ever has.
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