D. hopkins lowballed him when they got to talking money. or who's choosing coordinators. or expectations for job evaluation.HopFan16 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 21, 2020 1:48 pmNo it's not.primitiveskills wrote: ↑Tue Apr 21, 2020 1:37 pm For Hopkins' sake, let's hope that Chemotti's decision is indication that he's Danowski's heir apparent. Otherwise, it's an indictment of where JHU is as a program.
What seems most likely?
A) Chemotti had serious talks with Hopkins, expressed real interest, made it to the finalist stage, but then suddenly decided he wasn't at all interested anymore and wanted to stay at Richmond
B) Richmond got spooked by how much Chemotti had advanced with Hopkins and gave him a raise or promised some other type of upgrade (facilities, office space, scholarship spots, etc.)
C) Chemotti either came to the conclusion he wasn't going to get the gig (or was told as much outright) so then had Richmond leak the news that he was "pulling out" of the race
B and C are a lot more likely scenarios than A, I'd say. Would be weird for him to be part of a final group of two or three guys and then randomly pull out last minute without some kind of reason to do so from Richmond. Maybe he got into the entire thing as a game of chicken with Richmond, never intending to take the job but hoping Richmond would give him a raise, and lost. Wouldn't be the first time but my money is on Richmond realized he might actually leave and so they did what they needed to do to keep him. Either that or he caught wind that JHU preferred Nads and so he bowed out before they could have the chance to tell him no.
or leading to C) hopkins heard some things that no longer made him the frontrunner, he could sniff it out or hopkins allowed him to bow.
it really could've been anything. speculation is futile.
my order may have been: matt brown, chemotti, polley, outside looking in.