Friday, May 29, 2009

Where Memphis Went Wrong


CBS Sports' Gary Parrish has an interesting look at how Memphis Athletic Director R.C. Johnson dropped the ball with their basketball program. Some highlights:

  • Memphis had a roast of R.C. Johnson last night -- throwing SAT and John Calipari jokes around. A roast is a roast, but this is absolutely horrible timing.

  • New Memphis coach Josh Pastner has repeatedly said he knew nothing of the violations at the time he was hired. IF this is true, how in the world do you hire a guy without letting him know the NCAA is investigating the very team he is taking over.

  • Why not release the NCAA letter earlier? If you wanted to keep Calipari in Memphis, unveiling this little tidbit when Kentucky came calling MAY have scared them away.

Don't know if you have read it or will read it, but its pro-Kentucky-ish. And lately, that's hard to find.

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