Do you think Todd Graham can sleep at night? In today's day and age, it's probably a lot harder than years ago

As everyone knows by now, Todd Graham is the most hated man in Pitt football circles since Walt Harris occupied Pitt's sidelines. And in Harris' case, he was hated for staying too long, not leaving too soon.

Graham's departure from Pitt for Arizona State after 11 months was so swift and out of left field, it reminded me of the way most radio stations handle a change in personnel or format. In other words, there was no indication this was going to happen literally a day before. Graham was speaking at a Pittsburgh coaches function on Tuesday, and according to people in attendance, he was speaking as if he wanted to be at Pitt for a very long time.

Hours later, Graham was on the phone asking Pitt AD Steve Pederson if he could get permission to talk to ASU about their coaching vacancy (Pederson said no). Hours after that, Graham was slamming the door in the face of a Pitt official who came to his house to talk about the situation.

Wednesday afternoon, Graham asked another Pitt official to forward an email to his players informing them that he was on his way to Arizona State to accept the head coaching job. He couldn't even tell his own players face to face that he was leaving.

There is a picture floating around the Internet of Graham and his wife sitting on a jet on their way to Tempe Wednesday afternoon, and both were smiling from ear to ear. Didn't seem Graham had any regrets about his decision or the manner in which he went about leaving.

I wonder if Graham really does feel bad about the way he left. Sure, it's not that uncommon for coaches to jump ship on short notice, but the way Graham did it just seemed particularly smarmy.

Graham has a history of coach hopping, and the dislike for the man isn't just contained to Pitt players, fans and alumni.

When Graham left Rice for Tulsa, a group at Rice started a facebook page called: "Coach Graham has no Soul."

Pitt's players were very vocal about Graham on Wednesday, and they voiced their displeasure in a series of Twitter comments.

Years ago, coaches could probably do stuff like this, and there may have been as much hatred and resentment from the people they left behind, but it was generally contained to the mail bag section of the newspaper or the local talk shows. But now with the Internet being what it is today, and social media being so widespread, it's hard to hide from the criticism if you're in Graham's position. It's even become fashionable for newscasters to quote people of celebrity when they say something of note on social media outlets such as Twitter or facebook.

Graham has to know what's being said, even all the way over there in Arizona. Heck, the link that I posted a couple of paragraphs ago was from an Arizona sports site.

There is no way Graham doesn't realize he went about things the wrong way. No matter how much he tries to justify the way he left, deep-down, he has to know it was sleazy.

Or maybe that facebook group was right. Maybe Coach Graham has no soul. Probably the only thing helping him sleep at night.