Not Quite the Same, But...

[joeD]

Frank Haith has apparently left a path of questionable behavior and misconduct at the University of Miami, and, now, the University of Missouri. Sanctions may be forthcoming to Mizzou. He is now coaching Tulsa University.  He is not alone in suspect coaches running from collegiate athletic programs that have come under suspicion of improprieties and cheating. Some are coaching now. Haith, Bruce Pearl, Jim Boeheim, John Calipari, to name a few obvious ones. They move on to other programs that turn a blind eye to past behaviors in order to get a name coach and become a viable program. For all its rules, the NCAA really does nothing to punish these coaches, for fear of alienating a billion dollar college juggernaut and the fans who support it.

Honestly, it reminds me of the Catholic Church, moving priests around parishes, just ahead of lawsuits from parishioners who have been violated by predatory priests. The Diocese is and was well aware of problems, but, in the interest of saving face and keeping the "Church" intact and unblemished, chose to do nothing but move people around, instead of admitting an ongoing and poisonous problem.

The comparison, admittedly, might be a stretch, but that is what I thought, and, think, when I heard the Mizzou news. A large organization hiding trouble from the public for purely selfish reasons, with really no thought or empathy for those directly affected. And incorrect consequences for individuals at fault. 

Passing the buck in a cynical and greedy manner.

(Please note: I am not making apple to apple comparisons. I am well aware of the seriousness of abuse and do not mean one is as bad as the other. It is the behavior of  large, powerful entities that I refer to. Please, I mean no disrespect to anyone who has suffered trauma from priests).

[stlfisher]

Well Kim Anderson probably feels a bit more secure in his job today.....cause no one else is coming near this program. Haith pretty much killed it.

And yes, coaches need to be held more accountable then they are.

 

[Quillback]

It seems unjust to me that the NCAA punishes the team, as in the players, this year and next by taking away a scholarship and denying them to participate in the SEC tourney.  Haith does the dirty deeds, but the kids in the current program get punished?

[Norm M]

Best that could prolly happen is for the major conferences to pull out and let the ncaa die on the vine