Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Greed Money Cash Dough

By: Guido

There is one thing I absolutely hate about NCAA Basketball. I was reminded of it again when Memphis lost in the tourney last week.

I despise NCAA coaches. Too many times a coach will leave a good program for one that the media and fans deem the upper echelon of coaching. I just don't understand why a coach wouldn't want to put his own stamp on the program he's working with.

John Calipari is seriously considering taking the Kentucky job when he has an awesome job with Memphis. Calipari is the man in Memphis. Why would he leave Memphis for Kentucky? Money.

These coaches will leave players, recruits and schools and break promises that they have made to the player's and their families just so they can say "I coached the Kentucky Wildcats or North Carolina Tar Heels or whoever. I just don't see the point. Just because a school basketball program has history doesn't mean that every coach that coaches there will be successful.

There is too much ghost chasing in college hoops. There isn't going to be another Adolf Rupp of Dean Smith so why the fuck do these coaches say they want to follow in the footsteps of legends? Because the school in question is going to pay them a shit ton of money. Money that's going to be used to buy recruits.

I can understand leaving a Mid-Major for a major conference. That makes sense to me. I can understand Bruce Webber leaving So. Ill for U of I. I can't understand Bill Self leaving for Kansas, Roy Williams leaving for UNC, Bob Huggins leaving for West Virginia or Billy Donavan leaving for the Orlando Magic and then returning to Florida a day later. WTF? So what if that school is your Alma mater. That school didn't make you the coach that you are. The school that hired you did. So why the fuck do all these coaches screw over the schools that made them the coach they are? Why do they fuck over the players who actually make the program what it is? Why do they fuck over the recruits that want to play for them? Why do the fuck over the student body and other fans that support them? Why be the next Rupp or Smith when you can be the first YOU?

Because something bigger and "better" comes along and they offer a nice fat paycheck and million dollar home and lots of boosters...college basketball is fucked up.

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