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Subject: Let's face it boys...

Author:
Go Green

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Date Posted: 13:19:04 08/14/25 Thu
In reply to: Son of Eli 's message, "Keith Allain Retiring as Yale Head Hockey Coach" on 17:26:59 08/08/25 Fri

The league was very, very spoiled by the way Pete Carril retired from Princeton.

It's extremely rare for a legend to go out at the pinnacle of his career with the entire world cheering him for a job well-done.

Tim Murphy was fortunate enough to go out on a high note, although there was plenty of grousing that his best days were behind him.

More often, its guys like Restic, Cozza, Whalen, Allain, Tom Landry, Bobby Bowden and countless others going out with a whimper even though they racked up tons of victories during their tenures...

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An Observer
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Date Posted: 14:31:09 08/14/25 Thu

Yeah, this is right.

High achievers achieve highly in part because they have the drive and ego which loves the game, the competition and the wins. Then, having ascended the summit, there is the psychological thrill of being on top and having all the admiration that comes with triumph.

Whether it's a successful CEO, fund manager or head coach, these guys are not hard wired to step aside once they're on top. And when I say "guys," I'm not being careless with gender. These are men who can't put down the royal scepter. There is something about professional achievement in men that goes right from the eyes to the brain to the heart to the little fella down below. I'll bet it's been this way for the last 200,000 years.

GG's mention of Pete Carril is the exception which supports the rule. That's the outlier. You need all the right ingredients to come together. In his case, you pre-announce that you're stepping down and then lightning strikes against UCLA. The perfect exit from the stage.