March 16, 2022
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Building upon the success he has achieved as the author of Wizardry of Os, Scott Osborne has been named the head basketball coach at Central High School!
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I give you my opinion about the best candidate to be LSU’s next basketball coach… Please scroll down below for FINE IDEAS.
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FINE IDEAS
Wade’s legacy at LSU will be amongst the all-time greats…
That would be one-time LSU Basketball all-american Sparky Wade.
Will Wade? Not so much.
When Coach Wade was recently fired, the only question I had is what took LSU so long? When it was first revealed in a recording that Wade had given a “strong (derriere) offer” to an LSU recruit (who ended up signing with LSU), if Wade wanted to be exonerated, he needed to furnish LSU with a strong-(derriere)-explanation. Instead, in the spring of 2019, when this quote came out, Wade refused to talk to LSU (or the NCAA) for a protracted period of time.
I’m all for due process. But, in this case, the burden of proof was on Wade. If one wants to know the definition of “damning evidence”, you can look at Wade’s aforementioned recorded quote and subsequent stonewalling. If there was a valid interpretation—if the quote needed to be put in proper context—it was incumbent on Wade to elucidate—a couple of years ago. Without such, he should have been fired, on the spot.
Wade’s successor? LSU athletic director Scott Woodward doesn’t have to look to South Bend (as he did for Tigers Football coach Brian Kelley), Waco (as he did for Women’s Basketball coach Kim Mulkey), or Tucson (Baseball coach Jay Johnson). In fact he doesn’t have to leave Baton Rouge at all to find the best person to be LSU’s next coach. All he has to do is leave his office and walk down 4 flights of stairs.
Kim Mulkey is the most qualified person for the job. The Mulkey resume includes championships as a player, assistant coach and head coach. In fact, that would be 3 national championships as a head coach at Baylor. Her extraordinary skill-set is not gender-specific. She knows the game of basketall. She can recruit basketball players. She can build a basketball program and sustain success. She is a winner. She has excelled at the highest level in the women’s game. She could do the same in the men’s game… if given the opportunity.
Crazy Days at LSU 2? At present, you have a former associate AD for recruiting who has filed a lawsuit against LSU. Sharon Lewis alleges several irregularities, including sexual harassment and now might have a strong whistleblower claim. A former football coach, Les Miles, allegedly had the want to secure the horizontal services of an LSU female student. I almost forgot--their football and basketball programs are about to be hammered by the NCAA—which has leveled the dreaded “lack of institutional control” violation against the Tigers.--Probation is imminent. So, what better way to change the narrative about LSU athletics than to hire a woman as your new Men’s Basketball Coach? If there was a metric for Title 9/Gender Equity, LSU would make an exponential leap.
Yet, all of this is irrelevant. Kim Mulkey should be the next LSU Men’s Basketball Coach because she is the best person for the position. There should be only one reason why Kim Mulkey is not LSU’s next Men’s Head Basketball Coach… She turned down the job.
My Final Four
Virginia Tech—the way they played in the ACC Tournament, there is only one team that could defeat the Hokies… the Phoenix Suns—and that is if Chris Paul comes back from injury! LOL
Arizona
Great Arizona teams historically either fold early or advance to the Final Four. I believe the latter this season.
Gonzaga
White Men Can’t Jump, but they can sure play for Mark Few. With a largely different team, the Bulldogs return to the Final Four.
Auburn—One Two punch of Jabari Smith and Walker Kessler is a great Bigs Combo. The guards must show up.
It will be hard for Tom Brady to catch Brett Favre for one career record. Retiring and then Unretiring.
Should we be sending Sam Darnold to Russia?
He can overthrow just about anybody!… ouch
On second thought, he probably would be intercepted by the Russians… double ouch… My thoughts and prayers go out to the courageous people of Ukraine.
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