The transaction used to be known as pulling a "Cremins."
Hall of Fame college basketball coach Bobby Cremins agreed to leave Georgia Tech in 1993 and coach at his alma mater, South Carolina, before retreating to the Atlanta school three days later.
"In my case, it was a big deal with my alma mater, and I gave them a lot of false hopes," said Cremins, who is the College of Charleston coach now. "In my case, it took four to five months to get over it."
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga women's coach Wes Moore made a similar move Thursday by returning from East Carolina University about 48 hours after an introductory conference in Greenville, N.C.
Florida coach Billy Donovan has done it. He held a news conference to become the coach of the NBA's Orlando Magic, then went back to the Gators. Gregg Marshall has done it as well, ironically, when he accepted the College of Charleston coaching job that now belongs to Cremins.
"When Billy did his flip-flop from the Orlando Magic back to the Gators, I told him I was tired of being president of the flip-flop club," Cremins said via cell phone. "But I said I'd still be the VP.
"Good for Wes. It takes a lot of guts to do what he's doing. It's not easy. People at East Carolina are going to be upset with him and understandably. People in Chattanooga are going to embrace him."
Cremins said he "vacillated" about taking the South Carolina job, so he knows what Moore has gone through over the last two weeks.
"You drive yourself crazy, and instead of making a good decision, you go back and forth, and you finally go over the edge and do something that you're not sure of," Cremins said. "It's very common. I have great respect and empathy for people who do it. I know how they feel."
Cremins said, over the phone, that he has a bit of advice for Moore in the current circumstances.
"Come back to Chattanooga for days, then get away for 10 days and get the heck out of there," Cremins said. "It takes guts because you make a fool out of yourself like I did."
The white-haired coach also has an idea of how he'd handle a coach who accepted a job then reneged on it, if he were in a management position.
"If I ever become an (athletic director) I'd say, 'Don't worry about it and do what's best for you, and I'm going to find me another coach,''' Cremins said. "It's a pain for East Carolina. I'm sure they had other choices besides Wes.
"At the end of the day, in my case, South Carolina got the national coach of the year in Eddie Fogler and I went back to Georgia Tech.
"ECU will get a good coach and Wes will be happy. It's no big deal."