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Yesterday's espn.com article reporting on the Bieniemy firing mentions that "Bieniemy's buyout is worth more than $1.2 million" and that "his agent, Jason Fletcher, told ESPN in a statement that Bieniemy's exit was 'previously planned' and that 'the plan was always to return to the NFL in 2025'." Does "previously planned" mean that he ha…
Yesterday's ESPN.com article reporting on the Bieniemy firing mentions that "Bieniemy's buyout is worth more than $1.2 million" and that "his agent, Jason Fletcher, told ESPN in a statement that Bieniemy's exit was 'previously planned' and that 'the plan was always to return to the NFL in 2025'." Does "previously planned" mean that he had already been canned prior to the end of this season? The $1.2M buyout combined with the desire to return to the NFL next year sounds like he wasn't truly devoted to UCLA to begin with (does "Chip Bieniemy" sound appropriate?). Anyway, good riddance and don't bother coming back to UCLA for a 3rd time!
His agent is trying to cover for EB's ambition in the NFL. His statement implies that he thinks we are stupid. EB had a two year contract. There was no 'this was planned all along' BS. You are 💯correct. EB was indeed Chipster 2.0. Good riddance is right! It was one of those 'looks good on paper' hires but this flimsy paper went up in dumpster fire flames. Ditto for Castillo.
Coach Fos is learning, which may not be optimal short term, but a Coach who is willing to take decisive action in this manner shows me he has integrity and the courage to do the right thing for his players and school.
Agree with the decisiveness being displayed in the announcing of both the firing of Chip Bieniemy and hiring of Indiana's OC Sunseri to replace him, Wonder if it was the loss to U$C that triggered this change. Hope donors like this!
I was thinking the same regarding donors. The EB and Castillo fire, and the Tino hire may just be the spark needed to inspire donors to open their pocket books. Then recruiting can start to turn around. Foster is willing to fire at will if things are not right and we have been missing that kind of strong character for a long long time! 💙💛