I've been following the goings on at Colorado with some interest. On one hand there seem to be some parallels with slick Willie Taggart, but I'm hearing a lot more justifications, from Canzano, Wilner, Crepea, about how "you can't blame him" "if someone offered to double your salary" la la la la la....

First off, this assumes that the main driving force in jobs and all other areas of life is money. Maybe it is, but not for me. I can't speak for everyone, but you can only spend so much money, after that it's pointless. My main issue is when a coach says to a recruit, or a school, things like "I appreciate the interest of so and so, but I am committed to building our program here for the great student athletes and fans we have here" and then 24 hours later, bolt.

I don't give a crap about market forces, I made a promise to these students, to this program. I need to honor it, period. If I then say to my bosses "hey, just so you know, so and so offered me $X.00 and I have to tell you, if it happens again we need to have a discussion", but under no circumstances do I go back on my word. 

If people call Mel Tucker a lying snake, they're not wrong. I recall Troy Dye saying the same things about Willie when he left. You either stand by your word, or you don't. If you don't, you shouldn't expect people to understand.

My 2 cents.