I liken this to financing negative equity in a car. The new coach may make less per year than Kelly (unlikely) but there's still that 8 figure albatross of a buyout. What happens when the next coach gets let go after three years? Another buyout and another albatross. Two 8 figure buyouts in 4 years.

Someone is going to have the write the thing about how “vibe” has become a substitute for meaningful theory in a world where the theory is so clear — grift and power — but we collectively refuse if because it isn’t sophisticated enough to generate make work for empiricists.

Exactly

I volunteer to run said tournaments, have ability levels, and they would be complete with non judgmental learning sessions. Well, not too judgmental, maybe just the first minute or two. 🤣

But what alarms me in all this is how the girls who were victimized by these men are largely forgotten. I want us to find ways of centering them in the discourse.