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Jagodzinski got a raw deal from Boston College

By Jemele Hill
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Tuesday, January 13, 2009

When Mike Shanahan got canned, I wonder how people would have reacted if Shanahan, the winningest coach in Broncos history, told owner Pat Bowlen, "but I thought we had a contract!" That would be absurd, right? Yet when Boston College athletic director Gene DeFilippo essentially used that same rationale to fire Jeff Jagodzinski for interviewing with the Jets, there was universal applause. Not so absurd, right? The hypocrisy is as thick as fresh concrete. When a team fires its winning football ...

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