E-mailed 8/17/11
Rapid response--Would you rather have a head coach who:
(1) didn't cheat
(2) cheated and won, but got sloppy and got caught
(3) cheated, didn't win, got ran off by his previous school
(where the cheating occurred), but did so smart enough (using
cash) that he'll be embarrassed but not convicted of wrong doing
Harkening back to a previous email--I haven't been able to reconcile my thoughts and feelings about our basketball coach. Reconciling got a lot easier today--I'm calling for his removal even though it would mean giving up on this season and next.
We sure didn't hire him on his record of success. The Athletic Department said they hired him for his character. That character is in tatters. At best he was way too cozy with a sleazy booster. At worst he got that booster to pay a recruit $10,000. Most likely: he was friends with the booster, ordered an assistant coach to work with the booster to get cash to a recruit, and spent, at minimum one night at a strip club with the booster and some UM players. Bottom line: regardless of what he did or didn't do, it's clear he associated himself with liars and cheats. People who hang with liars and cheats are generally liars and cheats. If he can't win and can't claim to have high character and values he can't coach for a major college basketball program. He has to go.
It's a sad day in Columbia and Fairfax: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/luke_winn/08/17/haith.miami/index.html Money quote: "Back in April, I wondered if I'd someday be writing a "Haith isn't working out for Missouri" column, and a "Larranaga regrets leaving Mason" column, maybe as separate topics in March 2014. Those would have been sad pieces. Being forced to already combine those subjects, in the wake of the great Miami scandal, is infinitely more depressing."
In other news, Dan "Mr. Longhorn" Beebe has decided to finally address the A&M issue. Last week he got into a screaming match with the SEC Commish, royally pissing him off. Now, he's giving A&M a deadline, the same thing he did last summer which prompted the Big 10 to accelerate expansion planning and offer a spot to Nebraska: http://espn.go.com/blog/big12/post/_/id/31878/deadline-coming-for-am-sec-decision
Great strategy, Dan-o. No one grabs defeat from the jaws of victory quite like Longhorn Beebe. In other words, save those jorts and stop flossing because realignment ain't dead yet.
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