Highwave wrote: ↑Wed Jan 09, 2019 6:25 pm
Cajun, I will try to make this as simple as I can.
First, you posted a tweet by a guy at ESPN who merely claims that Hall had "spoken to the school" - which does not mean he interviewed. Accordingly, I said that there were no reports that he interviewed, and I still have not seen any tweets/reports from you, or otherwise, indicating that he interviewed for the position. An "interview" versus "speaking to the school" is a distinction that "a guy at ESPN" well knows.
Now, we know that Troy spoke to him about their opening (see your tweet) and per your post claiming to have seen a "number of Troy fans mention his name as being in the discussion." I assumed you were not lying, and therefore referred to Hall as being "highly sought after" based upon this information.
Next, you claimed that Hall was not "highly sought after" because his only OC experience prior to TU was at lowly UL-L. I corrected this fallacy, noting that the current interest level in hiring Hall, rather than his coaching history, determined whether he was "highly sought after."
Still confused, you then attempted to use my assertion that there are no reports that Hall interviewed for the Troy job to undermine my claim that Hall was "highly sought after." I, subsequently, noted that whether he interviewed or not has nothing to do with whether he is "highly sought after" because his interest in a job has nothing to do with whether he is sought after.
Plainly, and follow along closely, if Troy was interested and made an effort to speak with him to gauge his interest in the job, he was "sought after".
Of course, whether being considered for the OC job at OM and the HC job at Troy constitutes being "highly sought after" is a separate debate. (And whether he interviewed at Troy, of course, does not factor into that debate.)