Kinda surprised everyone is just giving Kingsbury a complete pass in the saga.
Only thing I’d blame him for is that he didn’t get any assurances that he could talk to NFL teams when he took the job. The rumors that he was on the NFL radar, and possibly even for HC gigs, were out there back then.
I don’t see how you stop a guy from interviewing for NFL HC jobs. Jagodzinski did it when he was the HC at BC although he knew he was probably getting fired for it.
this is kinda where my head is at.: dude takes a job at USC --> a perceived better job opening comes up in the NFL --> he wants to interview -> some unknown discussions between USC, KK and some NFL teams happens --> KK appears to be out of job as he looks for another (better) one
@Duff Man , do you have more of the story that we're missing? what here does KK maybe not "get a pass" for? not trying to be argumentative, but other than the short time line, this seems pretty normal to me