Nepotism: Still a Bad Idea

Bad news for new Oklahoma State coaches and beleagured coordinators at Florida State. Joel Waldfogel has an article in Slate on a study of how replacing a CEO with their son hurts the value of the company. Since there would never be a large enough sample size to replicate this in collegiate coaching, this might be th best evidence that one's hiring search shouldn't begin and end at Thanksgiving dinner.